Movements · czech_republic_cssd_coalition_2002_2006 Spidla / Gross / Paroubek CSSD-KDU-US coalition 2002-2006 CZE · 2002 – 2006· CSSD-KDU-CSL-US-DEU (three-party, social-democrats with Christian-democrats and US-DEU liberals)
Leaders: Vladimir Spidla (Prime Minister, CSSD, 2002-2004) · Stanislav Gross (Prime Minister, CSSD, 2004-2005) · Jiri Paroubek (Prime Minister, CSSD, 2005-2006) · Bohuslav Sobotka (Finance Minister, CSSD, 2002-2006)
Doctrine — stated goals and content Three-PM CSSD-led coalition spanning EU accession — economic school: Czech centre-left EU-convergence with modest deficit-management discipline, a 2003 public-finance reform (smaller-than-Hungary adjustment to hit Maastricht convergence trajectory), EU accession 1 May 2004. Left-right axis: centre-left. Dated policies: EU accession 1 May 2004, Spidla public finance reform package (July 2003 — VAT unification to 19%, payroll/social adjustments), Klaus elected President by Parliament (28 Feb 2003, after Havel two-term end), Gross resignation (April 2005, apartment-financing scandal), Paroubek stabilisation and 2006 election deadlock (100-100 seats — led to Topolanek). Popularity: CSSD won 2002 (30.2%); lost 2006. Coherence: low — serial PM replacements, Gross scandal, thin three-party majority (101/200).
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ↑
trade openness → regulatory.trade_openness
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
increased · strong
more open trade
EU accession 1 May 2004 — Single Market entry.
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spending level → fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
decreased · weak
lower spending share
Spidla package modest consolidation; deficit trajectory stabilised mid-decade.
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tax progressivity → fiscal.tax_progressivity
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
decreased · weak
less progressive (flatter rates, compression, smaller credits)
VAT unification at 19% shifted burden mildly regressively.
Policies enacted · cz_eu_accession_2004 · cz_spidla_public_finance_reform_2003 · cz_klaus_president_election_2003 · cz_gross_apartment_scandal_2005 Schools of thought aligned or opposed aligned austrian derived: score=+0.97, overlap=3 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned chicago_monetarism derived: score=+0.87, overlap=3 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial institutionalism derived: score=-0.32, overlap=3 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned classical_liberal derived: score=+0.94, overlap=3 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned empirical_pragmatist derived: score=+0.53, overlap=3 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned ordoliberal derived: score=+0.95, overlap=3 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial social_democratic derived: score=-0.20, overlap=3 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial market_socialist derived: score=-0.20, overlap=2 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed democratic_socialist derived: score=-0.97, overlap=3 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed developmentalism derived: score=-0.73, overlap=3 axes vs national_conservative profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed eco_socialist derived: score=-0.51, overlap=3 axes vs ecological profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed marxian derived: score=-0.99, overlap=2 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed marxist_leninist derived: score=-1.00, overlap=2 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed new_keynesian derived: score=-0.47, overlap=3 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed post_keynesian derived: score=-0.98, overlap=3 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
References EU Accession Treaty Athens 16 April 2003 Zakon c. 235/2004 Sb. o dani z pridane hodnoty (VAT reform) IESET — an empirically-grounded, adversarially-reviewed framework for contemporary economic policy questions. Every hypothesis pre-registered in git before the data is examined.