Editing SNK European Democrats (section)

== European Democrats ==
The European Democrats were founded by Kasl, who resigned from his post as Mayor of Prague in protest at the policies of the [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] (ODS), Prague's municipal government. In the [[2002 Prague municipal election]], the ED won 15 seats, finishing in second place and becoming the main opposition party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Výsledky hlasování |url=https://www.volby.cz/pls/kv2002/kv1211?xjazyk=CZ&xid=1&xv=1&xdz=4&xnumnuts=1100 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=volby.cz|language=cs}}</ref> In the [[2004 Czech regional elections]], the party won three seats running by itself in the [[Karlovy Vary Region]], two in coalition with [[Mayors and Independents|STAN]] in the [[Zlín Region]], and one on a joint list with SNK in the [[Central Bohemian Region]]. In [[2004 Czech Senate election|Senate elections the same year]], they won one seat out of 27, in the [[Karlovy Vary]] district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-13 |title=Senátní volby vyhrála ODS, ČSSD bez zisku|url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/domaci-senatni-volby-vyhrala-ods-cssd-bez-zisku-311381 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=[[Novinky.cz]]|language=cs|publisher=Borgis}}</ref> Kasl remained the party's chairman until the party merged with SNK Union of Independents in 2006.