A hit for the SPD and the Tricolor within the elections to the European Parliament might be the protection of two mandates, declared the chief of the candidate Petr Mach shortly earlier than the announcement of the election outcomes. In the long run, that is the worst outcome lately. Quite the opposite, success is well known by different electoral events which are essential of the European Union – Písaha and Motorists and likewise the coalition Stačilo!. Are the European elections a warning for the SPD?
The SPD with chairman Tomio Okamura has lengthy been profiled as a motion that’s essential of the EU. In his long-term program, he guarantees voters a referendum on withdrawal and writes that “the present European integration mission will even straight threaten freedom and democracy in Europe.” And the SPD is equally essential of the European Union in this system with which it entered the present elections. For instance, he writes concerning the “protection of nationwide sovereignty towards the dictates of Brussels” or the “cancellation of European subsidies for dangerous nonsense”.
Nonetheless, it was not very profitable with these subjects. The SPD satisfied solely 5.73 % of voters. That is by far the worst outcome the motion has achieved. Within the earlier elections in 2019, 9.14 % of the votes had been gained and with them additionally two MEP mandates, which had been occupied by Hynek Blaško (he acquired into the European Parliament from the eighth place of the candidates) and the election chief Ivan David.
Blaško broke with the motion, David ran from second place this 12 months. However, he’ll stay an MEP. He jumped forward of this 12 months’s chief of the candidate Patra Macha. Ten years in the past, he was the chairman of the Get together of Free Residents, and for 3 years he was additionally an MEP for this celebration. However the election results of the motion reveals that SPD voters didn’t establish with Mach and most popular David. The SPD’s election outcome this 12 months is far nearer to that of 2014, when the Daybreak of Direct Democracy, Okamura’s first motion, ran. He gained 3.12 % of the vote then.
Criticism of the EU
Tomio Okamura talked regarding preventing for his constituents following the outcomes had been introduced. “We’ll put the turbo on,” he stated actually. However the query is whether or not it is going to be sufficient. There are various political events and actions which are essential of the European Union and which have the same agenda. Okamura is conscious of this, which is why he created a candidate along with Tricolor on this election. However it did not assist a lot.
Okamura’s competitors in anti-European subjects is rising. One in all them is, for instance, the KSČM. The chief of the communists, Kateřina Konečná, managed to unite a number of topics on the joint candidate Stačilo!. The pre-election program coincides with the SPD in some respects. They’re additionally towards the introduction of the euro, unlawful migration or the so-called Inexperienced Deal. However in contrast to the SPD, Sufficient! gained two mandates within the elections, and Kateřina Konečná shall be joined by Ondřej Dostál.
The election’s shock can be the Oath and the Motorists. This candidate completed third within the elections and he or she will even have two MEPs. She managed to achieve the elections with out having a extra particular election program. All she wanted was a memorandum through which she opposes “efforts to undermine the fitting of veto and restrict the sovereignty of the Czech Republic”. He opposes unlawful migration or the so-called Inexperienced Deal.
Competitors beneath 5 %
Different events, which don’t spare their essential positions, remained beneath the 5 % threshold, which should be overcome to win mandates. The strongest of those events is Jindřich Rajchlo’s PRO, which acquired 2.15 % of the vote. It additionally defeated the as soon as strongest and likewise very profitable Social Democracy (previously the ČSSD) within the European elections, which gained just one.86 % of the vote. And lots of different Eurosceptic events solely get tenths of a % of the vote, however even they, for instance, the SPD, might also be lacking sooner or later.
The course of the ANO program in home politics must also be a warning for the SPD. A once-liberal political motion is programmatically shifting towards conservative and nationwide values, luring average voters with the hope that it’s going to higher defend their pursuits. The SPD debacle can thus be a warning that the motion is operating out of steam.
General outcomes
Chosen subjectsUnselected topics
AGAIN
776 158 hl.26,14 %
AGAIN 2011
7 mandates776 158 hl.26.14%
Present chosen
TOGETHER
661 250 hl.22,27 %
TOGETHER (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09)
6 mandates661,250 hl.22.27%
Present chosen
I swear
304 623 hl.10,26 %
OATH and MOTORISTS
2 mandates304 623 hl.10.26%
Present chosen
ENOUGH!
283 935 hl.9,56 %
IT’S ENOUGH!, coalition of KSČM, SD-SN, ČSNS
2 mandates283,935 hl.9.56%
Present chosen
STAN+SLK
258 431 hl.8,70 %
Mayors and personalities for Europe
2 mandates258 431 hl.8.70%
Present chosen
Pirates
184 091 hl.6,20 %
Czech pirate celebration
1 mandate184,091 hl.6.20%
Present chosen
SPD+Trick
170 172 hl.5,73 %
SPD a Tricolor
1 mandate170 172 hl.5.73%
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Supply: CZSO Up to date: 06/10/2024 00:24
