Public Affairs (political party)
Public Affairs Věci veřejné | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Fredegar Formen Stanislava Moravcová Jaroslav Škárka Radek John Vít Bárta Jiří Kohout |
| Founded | 22 July 2002 |
| Dissolved | 12 November 2015 |
| Headquarters | Štefánikova 23/203, Prague 5 |
| Newspaper | Věci veřejné |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Direct democracy Populism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Colours | Light blue |
Public Affairs (Czech: Věci veřejné, VV, nicknamed véčkaři) was a political party in the Czech Republic. Its main platform was transparency and opposition to political corruption. It had 24 seats in the 2010–2013 Chamber of Deputies. The party was led by anti-establishment investigative journalist and writer Radek John, and later by Jiří Kohout.
Besides opposing corruption, the party shares the fiscally conservative views of the other centre-right parties. It had a number of right-wing populist policies. The party lacked of a coherent ideology and gained voters across the political spectrum. The party was supportive of direct democracy – the members of the party could change the course of the party by Internet referendums – and was pro-European Union.