Unified – Alternative for Patriots

Political party in Czech Republic

Unified Jednotní

Founders	Lubomír Volný Marian Bojko Ivana Nevludová
Founded	15 March 2019
Dissolved	19 April 2022
Split from	Freedom and Direct Democracy
Merged into	Free Bloc
Ideology	Czech nationalism Direct democracy Hard Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Conspiracy theorism^[1]
Political position	Far-right
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 200
Website
jednotni.com
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Unified – Alternative for Patriots (Czech: Jednotní – alternativa pro patrioty) is a political party in the Czech Republic. It was founded by three MPs from Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) after they left the party.^[2]^[3] The party participated in the 2019 European Parliament election on the "Alternative for the Czech Republic" list.^[4]

The party is vocally opposed to government restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. MPs Volný and Bojko have refused to wear protective facial wear in the Chamber of Deputies on several occasions,^[5] and Volný was arrested on 7 March 2021 at a demonstration against government measures, for failing to observe hygiene laws.^[6] Volný also received media attention after asserting on social media that COVID-19 was an "artificial biological weapon" being deliberately spread from aeroplanes.^[7]

References

^ "Letadlo nad Brnem a šíření covidu? přemítá Volný. Kroužilo však kvůli mlze". iDnes.cz (in Czech). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "Poslanci Volný, Bojko a Nevludová vstoupili do nového hnutí". iDNES.cz. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Bývalý člen SPD Volný vstoupil do nového hnutí Jednotní Alternativa pro Patrioty". Novinky.cz. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Odpadlíci z SPD budou kandidovat do Evropského parlamentu na kandidátce Samkové". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 18 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ Beranová, Klára (11 February 2021). "Volný a Bojko jsou zase bez roušky. Poslanci odešli ze sálu". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Policie po demonstraci zadržela poslance Volného". Novinky.cz. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "Letadlo nad Brnem a šíření covidu? přemítá Volný. Kroužilo však kvůli mlze". iDnes.cz (in Czech). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

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Political parties in the Czech Republic

Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.

Chamber of Deputies
2021 (200 seats)

SPOLU (71)
- Civic Democratic Party (34)
- KDU-ČSL (23)
- TOP 09 (14)
ANO 2011 (71)
PirStan (37)
- Mayors and Independents (33)
- Czech Pirate Party (4)
Freedom and Direct Democracy (20)
Independents (1)

Senate
2022 (81 seats)

ODS-TOP 09 (35)
- Civic Democratic Party (23)
- TOP 09 (6)
- Independents (2)
- Svobodní (1)
- Mayors for the Liberec Region (1)
- ProMOST (1)
- Tábor 2020 (1)
STAN (19)
- Mayors and Independents (15)
- Mayors for Liberec Region (2)
- Ostravak (1)
- Marek Hilšer for Senate (1)
KDU-ČSL (12)
ForRegion (6)
- ANO 2011 (5)
- Social Democracy (1)
SEN21-Pirates (6)
- Senator 21 (3)
- Czech Pirate Party (2)
- Hradec Králové Democratic Club (1)
Independents (2)
Independents (1)