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Path of Change (sometimes translated as Way to Change, in Czech: Cesta změny) is a small liberal party in the Czech Republic. Its current president is Jiří Lobkowicz. It has no members of parliament and no elected councillors in local government.
Logo of the Path of Change partyThe party is a founding member of the European Democratic Party (EDP), which together with the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). It had joined the ELDR before it joined the EDP. It's only function at the moment appears to be its EDP membership as it has ceased contesting elections, have no office and its website is inaccessible.
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in the Czech lands
External links
- Cesta změny official site (in Czech)
- Path of Change international site (in English, at vjrott.com web)
Political parties in the Czech Republic
Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers. Sources: Chamber of Deputies · Senate · Statistical OfficeChamber of Deputies
2010 (200 seats)Czech Social Democratic Party (56) · Civic Democratic Party (53) · TOP 09 (41) · Communist Party (26) · Public Affairs (24)Senate
2010 (81 seats)Social Democrats (41) · Civic Democratic Party (25) · Christian and Democratic Union (6)12 · TOP 09 (5)3 · Communist Party (2) · NorthBohemians.cz (2)European Parliament
2009 (22 seats)Civic Democratic Party (9) · Czech Social Democratic Party (7) · Communist Party (4) · Christian and Democratic Union (2)
Other parties
(>0.5% of the 2010 vote)Christian and Democratic Union · Party of Civic Rights – Zemanovci · Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc · Green Party · Workers' Party of Social Justice · Czech Pirate Party · Party of Free Citizens1 Includes one elected as independent. 2 One more split to TOP 09. 3 Only one was actually elected as TOP 09 candidate, one split from Christian Democratic Union, two were elected for Mayors and Independents and one for Party for the Open SocietyThis article about a Czech political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article related to a European Liberal party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.