Democratic Union (Czech Republic)

Democratic Union (abbreviated DEU) was a liberal political party in the Czech Republic. It existed since 1994 and was dissolved in 2001 when it merged with Freedom Union.[1]

Democratic Union Demokratická unie
Founded	1994
Dissolved	2001
Merged into	Freedom Union – Democratic Union
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Dark red
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History

The party first participated in 1996 legislative election but failed to reach 5% threshold.[2] The party later joined Four-Coalition.

DEU merged with Freedom Union in 2000, and Freedom Union changed its name to Freedom Union – Democratic Union. Members of DEU founded a relatively independent platform, whose members later tried, unsuccessfully, to take over the leadership.[3][4] Platform then left the party and established Democratic Union of the Czech Republic (DEU ČR).[5]

Election results

Chamber of deputies of the Czech Republic

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Government
1996	169,796	2.80	0 / 200	8th	No
1998	86,431	1.44	0 / 200	8th	No

References

1. "DEMOKRATICKÁ UNIE (DEU)". Zpravodajstvi.ecn.cz. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
2. Charvát, Jakub (2013). Politika volebních reforem v ČR po roce 1989 (in Czech). Grada Publishing a.s. ISBN 9788024747002.
3. "Unie svobody schválila sloučení s DEU". iDNES.cz. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. "Majzlík se pokusil o vnitrostranický puč v US-DEU, neuspěl!". Radio.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
5. "Majzlík: Lepší nespokojený člověk než spokojený čuník". iDNES.cz. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2017.