Vladimír Špidla government
The Špidla government or the Vladimír Špidla government was the government of the Czech Republic from July 12, 2002 to August 4, 2004. Members of the parties ČSSD , KDU-ČSL and US-DEU were represented in it. This government introduced the Czech Republic into the European Union with effect from May 1, 2004 .
The Social Democratic Prime Minister Miloš Zeman , who was in office until 2002, had already handed over the chairmanship of the ČSSD to his Vice Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla before the parliamentary elections in 2002 and had declared that he would no longer be available as Prime Minister after the elections. Špidla was therefore the top candidate in the elections. The Social Democrats were again the strongest political force before the ODS under the leadership of Václav Klaus , with slight losses . President Havel then commissioned Špidla to form a government. Špidla decided not to continue the cooperation with the ODS by means of an opposition treaty that had been practiced up to the elections and instead formed a coalition government with the parties KDU-ČSL and US-DEU, which had stood as an electoral alliance . With 101 out of 200 seats in the House of Representatives, this government was able to rely on a slim majority. Špidla was sworn in by the president on July 12, 2002, and ministers were appointed on July 15. On August 7, 2002, the government won the House of Representatives' confidence with 101 votes to 98 .
During the reign there were more and more disputes within the ČSSD . Among other things, the party was unable to agree on a common candidate to succeed the outgoing President Václav Havel . In the presidential election by the Czech Parliament on February 28, 2003, the former ODS chairman Václav Klaus was surprisingly able to prevail in the third round , after three candidates from the Social Democrats (including Miloš Zeman in the second round ), especially from his own ranks had not received the necessary support. The polls of the Social Democrats and the Prime Minister therefore plummeted despite the fact that they successfully joined the EU during the reign . After a severe defeat of the ČSSD in the 2004 European elections , Špidla announced his resignation as prime minister and party leader on June 26, 2004. On July 2, 2004, he officially submitted his resignation to the President, which also meant the resignation of the entire cabinet under Czech law. The Špidla government remained provisionally in office until the appointment of Stanislav Gross' government on August 4, 2004. Gross continued the previous coalition.
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- ^ [1] Radio Prague , report of August 8, 2002, accessed on April 16, 2013.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Radio Prague , report from June 26, 2004, accessed on April 16, 2013.