Motorists for Themselves
Motorists for Themselves Motoristé sobě | |
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| Abbreviation | AUTO |
| Leader | Petr Macinka |
| Deputy Leaders | Renáta Maršíková Jiří Barták |
| Honorary President | Filip Turek |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Independence Party of the Czech Republic |
| Youth wing | Motor Generation |
| Membership (2024) | 1,415 |
| Ideology | Right-wing populism National conservatism Anti-environmentalism Euroscepticism Klausism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| National affiliation | Přísaha and Motorists (2024–2025) |
| European affiliation | Patriots.eu |
| European Parliament group | Patriots for Europe (2024–2025) |
| Colors | Light blue |
| Chamber of Deputies | 6 / 200 |
| Senate | 0 / 81 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Prague City Assembly | 0 / 65 |
| Website | |
| motoristesobe.cz | |
Motorists for Themselves (Czech: Motoristé sobě, abbreviation AUTO) is a right-wing political party in the Czech Republic seeking to represent motorists' interests by primarily focusing on the issues of car ownership, opposition to combustion engine phase-out across the European Union, and anti-environmentalism.
Initially formed as a party aimed at declaring a nationwide referendum on the membership of the Czech Republic in the European Union, it was transformed under Petr Macinka, a spokesperson of the Václav Klaus Institute, for the 2022 Prague municipal election. The party gained one MEP in the 2024 European Parliament election, and then finished sixth in the 2025 Czech parliamentary election, passing the threshold to enter parliament.