Abstract
After the breaking the monopoly of the Communist Party’s a formation of two independent systems – the Czech and Slovakian – has began in this still joint country. The specificity of the party scene in the Czech Republic is reflected by the strength of the Communist Party. The specificity in Slovakia is support for extreme parties, especially among the youngest voters. In Slovakia a multi-party system has been established with one dominant party (HZDS, Smer later). In the Czech Republic former two-block system (1996–2013) was undergone fragmentation after the election in 2013. Comparing the party systems of the two countries one should emphasize the roles played by the leaders of the different groups, in Slovakia shows clearly distinguishing features, as both V. Meciar and R. Fico, in Czech Republic only V. Klaus.
Highlights
The break-up of Czechoslovakia, and the emergence of two independent states: the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, meant the need for the formation of the political systems of the new republics
The author’s hypothesis is that firstly, the existence of the Hungarian minority within the framework of the Slovak Republic significantly determined the development of the party system in the country, while the factors of this kind do not occur in the Czech Republic
The party system in Slovakia revealed a noticeable readiness to support nationalist groups, which it is difficult to discern in the Czech system
Summary
In the emerging Czech party system the process of reactivation of “the historical parties” took place. The loss of voters by the Social Democratic Party was not so painful and the party participated in governing coalitions ( as the winner of the last elections). In 2010 the electoral threshold was exceeded by the (VV – Veči Veřejné) group, being a supporter of the decision-making process through the instruments of direct democracy It was an episodic party present in parliament only for one term. ANO 2011 can be regarded as the party of social protest against the abuse of power, propagating in their electoral slogans, among other things, the need to combat corruption, and as a group which gained significant support through catchy slogans and electoral consequences of a Europe-wide crisis noticeable in the Czech Republic A year later, accusations of corruption resulted in disappearance of the President of the Chamber of Deputies Miroslav Vlczek (Sieklucki, 2010, p. 80), and in 2013 the government of Petr Nečas resigned in consequence of the corruption scandal in which the persons from the immediate milieu of the Prime Minister were involved (Skandal..., 20.10.2013)
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