Elections: Prague has a coalition modeled on Together, it differs in the city districts
At the beginning of the year, the Prague “cells” ODS, TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL agreed on a joint coalition for the autumn municipal elections, following the example of the national group Spolu. As a result of this pact, the time of the coalition project of the United Forces for Prague (TOP 09, STAN, KDU-ČSL), which are part of the current municipal council, will soon come true. The Coalition Together with its establishment also made it the main favorite of the elections before the Pirates and the Prague Movements, STAN and YES.
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Prague City Hall.
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At the level of city districts, however, no electoral cooperation has arisen between the ODS and TOP 09. On the contrary, at least in Prague 1, 3, 4 and 8 there are already confirmed “proven” coalitions on the TOP 09 + STAN + KDU floor plan, or these groups consisting of at least two articles from. “Candidacy, which can at least be expected in the case of Prague 11 and 14 can be explained by complex relationships from the ending period.
Representatives of TOP 09 and STAN from Prague 8, on the other hand, talk about the “positive experience” of mutual cooperation, which they would like to build on. “Past municipal elections and recent elections to the Chamber of Deputies have shown the usefulness of pre-election coalitions. The voter also appreciated the ability to agree in advance, “said Martin Jedlička, Chairman of TOP 09 Prague 8. Tomáš Hřebík (STAN), the councilor of Prague 8 for Development, also described the continuation of the joint strategic coalition as “logical”. “We do not have differences, on the contrary, we understand each other and we are stronger in the promotion of a common program,” he said.
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Also according to the mayor of Prague 3 Jiří Ptáček (TOP 09), the persistence of the coalition with STAN was clear – and that is already beginning the year. “I’m not saying there were no other options on the table. But our communication with STAN representatives is good and fair. In communal politics, these issues are mainly about people, about interpersonal relationships. Even at the whole level of Prague, there were two variants in the game for TOP 09 and both were possible from our point of view. I also consider the winning one to be good, “said Jiří Ptáček.
In Prague 4, the electoral coalition agreed to change the STAN with the People’s Party, who already have a common opposition club here and now also say the ambition of an election victory. “I am very glad that an agreement was reached on the continuation of the coalition with the People’s Party,” said Lukáš Zicha, the leader of the candidate and chairman of the STAN Praha 4 movement.
According to the head of the local KDU-ČSL association, Tomáš Kaplan, cooperation with STAN is “a logical continuation of work in the council and also a logical outcome of program proximity and, last but not least, personal trust between members of both parties.”
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