Young Civic Democrats

Young Civic Democrats Mladí občanští demokraté

Founded	2016
Headquarters	Prague
Membership	2,000^[1]
Ideology	Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism Euroscepticism
Mother party	Civic Democratic Party
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]

References

^ ^a ^b "90' ČT24: Mladí politici přicházejí". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ "90' ČT24: Mladí politici přicházejí". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "My mladí jsme volili Jiřího Drahoše. Vrátil by solidaritu, reprezentaci a slušnost, sdělila mládežnice ODS". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "ODS - Občanská demokratická strana". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "Zpráva předsedy Mladých konzervativců za funkční období 2016 – 2017". konzervativci.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "Co říkají spolky mladých politiků na výsledky voleb?". Vice.com (in Czech). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.