Moravian Land Movement
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Moravian Land Movement Moravské zemské hnutí | |
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| Abbreviation | MZH |
| Chairman | Pavel Trčala |
| Vice Chairman | Vladan Ševčík |
| Founded | 9 April 2018 |
| Split from | Moravané |
| Ideology | Moravian autonomy Regionalism Direct democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Moravian national colours: Yellow Red |
| Senate | 0 / 81 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Municipal councils | 34 / 62,300 |
| Website | |
| moravskehnuti.cz | |
The Moravian Land Movement (Czech: Moravské zemské hnutí; MZH) is a political party in the Czech Republic that campaigns for the establishment of an autonomous region in Moravia and Czech Silesia. It was founded in 2018 as a breakaway from Moravané and claims to be the successor to the Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia.
The movement was registered in April 2018, the constituent assembly took place in May of the same year.[1] Within the European political parties, MZH is a member of the European Free Alliance, which was admitted to the General Assembly in Brussels on 8 March 2019. In the elections to the municipal councils in 2018, the movement won 14 seats.[2] The basis of the membership base are former members of the Moravané party. At the time of its establishment, the Moravian Land Movement had about fifty members.[3]
Membership in the EFA
On 8 March 2019, when the Moravian Land Movement was accepted into the EFA, it became the only representative of the Czech Republic in the EFA.[4] The EFA is part of the Greens/EFA faction, which has several seats in the European Parliament. Within the EFA, the Moravian Land Movement became part of the Central European Working Group. The Moravian Land Movement met there for the first time on 23 September 2019, when it addressed the issues of decentralization, self-government, education and regionalism.[5] At the end of the meeting, a seminar on water retention in the landscape took place.[6] The whole EFA Bureau took part in this inaugural meeting. Representatives of other regions were from Silesia, Vojvodina or Bavaria.[7]
Movement bodies
The most important matters are decided by the MZH Assembly, a meeting of the whole party. It meets 3 times a year.
Among the assemblies, the activities of the movement are decided by the highest body, the Council of the Movement, which currently has seven members. It consists of the chairman of the movement, the vice-chairman and 5 members of the council. All this is controlled by the Audit and Arbitration Commission.[8]
Objectives
Based on the preamble of the Constitution of the Czech Republic,[9] which speaks about the citizens of the Czech Republic in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, the Moravian Land Movement seeks democratically to unite fourteen regions into Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (and the metropolitan country Prague) and equip them with self-governing competencies advanced models of proven Länder. The movement considers strong territorial self-government and the modern conception of traditional regions, which naturally compete with growing centralism, to be one of the cornerstones and pillars of a democratic establishment. He considers the return to this value to be an important part of the effort to revive and strengthen democracy in our country, in dealing with the pressures of undemocratic forces.
