| Country: | the Czech Republic |
| Spolu | |
| Lang1: | English |
| Name Lang1: | Together |
| Leader: | Petr Fiala[1] |
| Foundation: | 2020 |
| Ideology: | Christian democracy |
| Position: | Centre-right[2] |
| Colours: | Blue |
| Blank1 Title: | Member parties |
| Blank1: | ODS KDU–ČSL TOP 09 |
| Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
| Seats2 Title: | Senate |
| Seats3 Title: | European Parliament |
| Seats4 Title: | Regional councils |
| Seats5 Title: | Governors of the regions |
| Seats6 Title: | Local councils |
| Seats7 Title: | Prague City Assembly |
| Website: | https://www.spolu21.cz/ |
Spolu is a Czech centre-right political alliance formed for the 2021 legislative election, composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. As of the 2021 Czech election it governs the Czech Republic in a coalition with the Pirates and Mayors alliance.
Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential centre-right electoral alliance for the 2021 legislative election.[3]
The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020.[4] Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would form an electoral alliance for the next legislative election, with ODS leader Fiala as the alliance's candidate for Prime Minister.[5] On 11 November 2020, the parties agreed that ODS would nominate the leaders of the election lists in nine regions, KDU-ČSL in three regions, and TOP 09 in two regions.[6] The alliance was known by media as the Three Coalition, but on 9 December 2020 the parties announced that they would run under the name Spolu ("Together").[7]
Spolu introduced its electoral programme and campaign on 9 December 2020.[8] Ahead of the election, opinion polls suggested that ANO 2011 would win, but in an electoral upset Spolu won the highest number of votes, and opposition parties won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[9] The opposition parties signed a memorandum agreeing to nominate Spolu leader Petr Fiala for the position of Prime Minister.[10] On 9 November, President Miloš Zeman formally asked Fiala to form a new government.[11] On 17 November 2021, Fiala introduced Zeman to his proposed cabinet and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new Prime Minister on 26 November 2021.[12]
In November 2021 Petr Fiala said he would like to continue with the Spolu coalition into the 2022 Senate and municipal elections.[13] On 14 June 2022 Spolu announced that the coalition would nominate 19 candidates in the senate elections.[14] Spolu also collaborated in municipal elections in some cities and towns, including Prague, Ostrava and Plzeň.[15]
In the 2023 Czech presidential election, Spolu endorsed three candidates: Petr Pavel, Danuše Nerudová, and Pavel Fischer.[16]
| Name | Ideology | Leader/Leaders | MPs | Senators | MEPs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Democratic Party | Liberal conservatism | Petr Fiala | ||||
| KDU-ČSL | Christian democracy | Marian Jurečka | ||||
| TOP 09 | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | |||||
| Region | Leader | Election result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Votes | Seats | ||
| Prague | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | TOP 09 | 40.0% | ||
| Central Bohemian | Jan Skopeček | ODS | 28.7% | ||
| South Bohemian | Jan Bauer | ODS | 29.1% | ||
| Plzeň | Martin Baxa | ODS | 26.6% | ||
| Karlovy Vary | Jan Bureš | ODS | 20.2% | ||
| Ústí nad Labem | Karel Krejza | ODS | 19.8% | ||
| Liberec | Petr Beitl | ODS | 22.8% | ||
| Hradec Králové | Ivan Adamec | ODS | 28.6% | ||
| Pardubice | Pavel Svoboda | TOP 09 | 28.5% | ||
| Vysočina | Vít Kaňkovský | KDU-ČSL | 28.0% | ||
| South Moravian | Petr Fiala | ODS | 30.0% | ||
| Olomouc | Marian Jurečka | KDU-ČSL | 24.5% | ||
| Zlín | Ondřej Benešík | KDU-ČSL | 27.8% | ||
| Moravian-Silesian | Zbyněk Stanjura | ODS | 20.6% | ||
| Election | Candidate | First round result | Second round result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Result | Votes | % | Result | |||
| 2023 | Petr Pavel | 1,975,056 | 35.40 | 3,358,926 | 58.33 | |||
| Danuše Nerudová | 777,080 | 13.93 | supported Petr Pavel | |||||
| Pavel Fischer | 376,705 | 6.75 | supported Petr Pavel | |||||