Young Civic Democrats Explained

Young Civic Democrats
Native Name:	Mladí občanští demokraté
Colorcode:	034EA2
Founded:	2016
Membership:	2,000^[1]
Regional1 Type:	European
Website:	http://mladi.ods.cz/

Young Civic Democrats (Czech: Mladí občanští demokraté, MOD) is a political platform within the Civic Democratic Party.^[2] It consists of young people. It is considered a competitor to the Young Conservatives.^[3] It had 2,000 members in January 2018 making it the largest youth wing in the Czech Republic. Its members are also members of the Civic Democratic Party.^[1]

History

The platform was founded on 9 December 2016.^[4] The platform became a competition to the Young Conservatives (MK). Members of MOD started to compete with MK and defined against it.^[5] MOD participated on campaign for the 2017 legislative election. The platform aimed to support individual candidates of ODS and was very active on social media.^[6]

Young Civic Democrats supported Jiří Drahoš during 2018 presidential election.^[3]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 90' ČT24: Mladí politici přicházejí. ceskatelevize.cz. 1 February 2018. cs.
2. Web site: Česká televize. 90' ČT24: Mladí politici přicházejí. ceskatelevize.cz. 31 January 2018. cs.
3. Web site: My mladí jsme volili Jiřího Drahoše. Vrátil by solidaritu, reprezentaci a slušnost, sdělila mládežnice ODS. parlamentnilisty.cz. 31 January 2018.
4. Web site: ODS - Občanská demokratická strana. www.facebook.com. 31 January 2018. en.
5. Web site: Zpráva předsedy Mladých konzervativců za funkční období 2016 – 2017. konzervativci.cz. 31 January 2018. cs.
6. Web site: Co říkají spolky mladých politiků na výsledky voleb?. Vice.com. 31 January 2018. cs. 8 November 2017.