ANO pro Evropu explained

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Formation:2002
Dissolved:N/A
Type:NGO
Purpose:To fully integrate the Czech Republic into the EU
Headquarters:Prague, Czech Rep.
Leader Title:Chairperson
Leader Name:Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová
Affiliations:EU

ANO pro Evropu (Czech for 'YES for Europe') was an NGO based in Prague, Czech Republic. ANO pro Evropu seeks to be broadly-based, and is nonpartisan and nonparticipatory in elections.

Goals and Initiatives

ANO pro Evropu was a civic association which intended to achieve the following objectives within the Czech Republic:
1) To work to try to make Europe as much of a 'shared space' as possible in national debate, rather than another area left to partisan fighting.
2) To build awareness of the benefits of taking a positive approach to full engagement in the Union, including the necessity to avoid an elite-focus.
3) To promote the idea that membership is relevant to all groups and communities- that Europe is 'us,' not 'them.'

ANO organized events in cooperation with other groups in accordance with the following principles:

Role in the Czech European Union Referendum

Their initial objective as an organization was to design and implement a project to promote a high voter turnout and high affirmative vote in the Czech referendum addressing the proposed accession into the EU by campaigning throughout the Czech Republic beginning in 2002. The organization assembled over 118 prominent campaigners, with former President Václav Havel as the principal supporter. Operationally, the campaign involved:

This was the first free referendum in Czech history, and the people voted in favor of membership of the European Union by 77%.[1] ANO's campaign was by far the most prominent non-party effort in the referendum.

Leadership

Other Supporters

Founding Members

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: In Binding Ballot, Czechs Give Landslide Approval to 2004 Membership in European Union (Published 2003) . .
  2. http://www.leadersmagazine.cz/index.php?rain=content/644/highlight Prague Leader's Magazine