Editing Euroscepticism (section)

===Czechia===
{{Main|Euroscepticism in the Czech Republic}}

[[File:Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Vaclav Klaus|Václav Klaus]], former Eurosceptic [[List of Presidents of the Czech Republic|President of the Czech Republic]] ]]

In May 2010, the Czech president [[Václav Klaus]] said that they "needn't hurry to enter the Eurozone".<ref>{{cite web|last=Kolyako|first=Nina|title=Czech Republic is in no rush to implement euro|url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_states/?doc=27159|publisher=The Baltic Course|access-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>

[[Petr Mach]], an economist, a close associate of president Václav Klaus and a member of the [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] between 1997 and 2007, founded the [[Free Citizens Party]] in 2009. The party aims to mainly attract dissatisfied Civic Democratic Party voters.<ref>{{citation | language = cs | url = http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/domaci/1420983-petr-mach-zvolen-do-cela-strany-svobodnych-obcanu | title = Petr Mach zvolen do čela Strany svobodných občanů | publisher = CT24 | place = CZ | date = 14 February 2009}}</ref> At the time of the [[Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon|Lisbon Treaty ratification]], they were actively campaigning against it, supported by the president Vaclav Klaus, who demanded opt-outs such as were granted to the United Kingdom and Poland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svobodni.cz/media/tiskove-zpravy/213-vyzva-senatorum/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718190102/http://www.svobodni.cz/media/tiskove-zpravy/213-vyzva-senatorum/ |archive-date=18 July 2011 |title=Svobodní: Výzva senátorům |publisher=Svobodni.cz |date=5 February 2009 |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svobodni.cz/media/tiskove-zpravy/153-verejne-cteni-lisabonske-smlouvy-ji-tuto-nedeli/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820092020/http://www.svobodni.cz/media/tiskove-zpravy/153-verejne-cteni-lisabonske-smlouvy-ji-tuto-nedeli/ |archive-date=20 August 2011 |title=Svobodní: Veřejné čtení Lisabonské smlouvy již tuto neděli |publisher=Svobodni.cz |date=15 April 2009 |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/09/eu-lisbon-treaty-czech-republic|title=Lisbon treaty turmoil as Czechs demand opt-out|work=The Guardian|date=9 October 2009|access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref> unlike the governing Civic Democratic Party, who endorsed it in the [[Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref>{{citation | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avW4ArG6nEkM&refer=germany | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120412010300/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avW4ArG6nEkM&refer=germany | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 April 2012 | title = EU Dodges Constitutional Hurdle as Czechs Back Treaty (Update 2) | publisher = Bloomberg | date = 18 February 2009}}</ref> After the treaty has been ratified, Mach's party is in favour of withdrawing from the European Union completely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svobodni.cz/1-nezobrazeno/86-evropa-svobodnych-statu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901042527/http://www.svobodni.cz/1-nezobrazeno/86-evropa-svobodnych-statu/ |archive-date=1 September 2010 |title=Svobodní: Evropa svobodných států |publisher=Svobodni.cz |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> In the [[2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic|2014 European Parliament election]], the Free Citizens Party won one mandate and allied with UKIP in the [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]] (EFD).

The [[2017 Czech legislative election]] brought into Parliament one soft eurosceptic party, the centre-right [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] (ODS) (11%), and two hard eurosceptic parties, the far-right [[Freedom and Direct Democracy]] (SPD) (11%) and the left-wing to far-left [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia]] (KSČM) (8%).

An April 2016 survey by the CVVM Institute indicated that 25% of Czechs were satisfied with EU membership, down from 32% the previous year.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-czech-president-idUSKCN0ZH4C8 "Czech government rejects President's call for referendum on EU, NATO"]. Reuters.com. 1 July 2016.</ref>

Dividends worth CZK 270 billion were paid to the [[Foreign ownership|foreign owners]] of Czech companies in 2017, which has become a political issue in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Czech foreign-owned companies take second-biggest dividend yield in 2017:report |url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/business/czech-foreign-owned-companies-take-second-biggest-dividend-yield-in-2017report |work=Radio Prague |date=7 March 2018}}</ref>

In the [[2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic|2019 European Parliament election]], the Civic Democratic Party saw its vote share rise to 15% and its seats doubled from 2 to 4. The Freedom and Direct Democracy party took 2 seats with 9% of the vote. KSČM dropped 2 seats leaving it with only one and a vote share of 7%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://election-results.eu/national-results/czechia/2019-2024/|title=National results Czechia &#124; 2019 Election results &#124; 2019 European election results &#124; European Parliament|website=europarl.europa.eu|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527092431/https://www.election-results.eu/national-results/czechia/2019-2024/|url-status=dead}}</ref>