Alliance of National Forces (Czech Republic)

The Alliance of National Forces (ANS) is a Czech political party. It was established in 2011 under the name Citizens 2011 and its first chair was Ludvík Adámek. The party ran in the 2013 legislative election only in Prague. On June 2, 2018, Vladimíra Vítová was registered as chair, and on July 2, 2018, the party was renamed the Alliance of National Forces.

Position
According to its website, the Alliance of National Forces supports the Czech Republic's withdrawal from NATO and the European Union, supports the "traditional family", supports the nationalization of strategic sectors of the national economy and natural resources (water and minerals) and the abolition of church restitutions. The party opposes "migration planned by the European Union", "modern slavery of multinational companies and debt collections", the repeal of the Beneš decrees, and "efforts to liquidate the Czech state".

The first website of the Alliance of National Forces featured Karel Janko, Chairman of the Czech National Socialist Party, Zbyněk Štěpán, Chairman of National Prosperity, and Vladimíra Vítová, Chairwoman of the Czech Peace Forum. The website also listed 13 advisers and consultants, including 3 former Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) ministers (Jaroslav Bašta, Ivan David and Eduard Zeman).

2019 European Parliament election
The party participated in the 2019 European Parliament election, with Jiří Černohorský as the lead candidate. The party received 1,971 votes (0.08%) and did not win any seats.

2020 Czech Senate election
The party participated in the 2020 Senate election, but did not have any senators elected. After the election, the party lodged a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court to invalidate the election due to unequal access to the media. The Supreme State Court rejected the complaint, stating that "balance and equal treatment in these contexts cannot be understood mechanically as absolute equality of candidates, but from the point of view of so-called graduated equality".

2021 Czech Chamber of Deputies election
The party participated in the 2021 Czech parliamentary election, with Vladimíra Vítová as the lead candidate. The party received 5,167 votes (0.10%) and did not win any seats.

2023 Czech presidential election
The party endorsed Freedom and Direct Democracy candidate Jaroslav Bašta in the 2023 Czech presidential election, who came fifth with 248,375 votes (4.45%).

2024 European Parliament election
The party will participate in the 2024 European Parliament election as a part of the Alliance for the Independence of the Czech Republic coalition, with Hynek Blaško as the lead candidate. Among others, former member of the Chamber of Deputies Miroslav Sládek and other members of his Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia are running for ANS on this list.