Political party in the Czech Republic
The National Socialists – Left of the 21st century (Czech : Národní socialisté – levice 21. století , NÁR.SOC.) also known as Left 21 (Levice 21, LEV 21 )[ 1] was a left-wing political party in the Czech Republic founded in October 2011 by Jiří Paroubek , former Prime Minister and former leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).[ 2]
Former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek was elected chairman of his newly founded party at the constituent congress on 26 November.[ 3] In the year 2012, the party had two representatives in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies , Paroubek and Jiří Šlégr (ex-ČSSD).[ 4]
The party name was a reference to the historical Czech National Social Party , and as such they did not advocate for Nazism . NÁR.SOC. wanted to follow up the tradition of the socialist nationalists in the First Czechoslovak Republic .[ 5] Nevertheless, in the 2017 Czech legislative election , LEV 21 allied with the Czech Neo-Nazi party, Workers' Party of Social Justice .
Election results
Chamber of Deputies
Date
Leader
Votes
Seats
Position
#
%
#
Size
2013
Jiří Paroubek
3,843
0.08
18th
Opposition
See also
References