- Source: Budoucnost
Budoucnost (lit. 'Future') is a Czech left-wing movement founded in May 2020. It is co-led by Jakub Kovařík and Klára Školníková.
History
The movement was formally registered in May 2020. Part of its preparatory committee consisted of former members of Idealists.cz and "Zelená re:vize" organization associated with the Green Party.
In the 2020 Senate election the movement formed a coalition with ČSSD and the Greens, supporting the candidacies of Jiří Dienstbier and Michal Šmarda.
In the 2022 municipal elections Budoucnost ran for the Prague City Assembly as part of the Solidarity coalition with ČSSD, Greens and Idealists Movement, which did not gain any seats. The movement ran for 16 other seats and elected four members in Jilemnice, Slaný, Neratovice and Horní Domaslavice.
The movement has endorsed Josef Středula in the 2023 presidential election. However, on 8 January 2023 Středula has withdrawn his candidacy.
In the 2024 European Parliament election four members of Budoucnost ran on the list of Social Democracy.
Program
The movement wants to abolish distraint by private entites and ease debt relief by increasing pensions and reducing labor taxation. It wants to increase housing affordability in large cities by building public and cooperative housing, capping rent, fighting homelessness and limiting rental services such as Airbnb. The movement wants to reduce oligarchy by taxing the rich as well as tightening media ownership and party financing laws. Other priorities of the movement include ending privatisation, creating new state enterprises (particularly a public bank and phone operator) and transition to carbon-free economy financed by those who have profited from the climate crisis.