It is the only political party in the Czech Republic that has maintained an uninterrupted representation in the Chamber of Deputies.

Founded in 1991 as the pro–free market wing of the Civic Forum by Václav Klaus and modeled on the British Conservative Party,[4] the ODS won the 1992 legislative election, and has remained in government for most of the Czech Republic's independence.

The party was founded in 1991 as one of two successors to the Civic Forum, which was a big tent movement that consisted of two major wings.

The strongest wing was the Interparliamentary Club of the Democratic Right which was transformed into the ODS when Civic Forum split.

[5] ODS represented followers of Václav Klaus and was pro–free market, as opposed to the centrist Civic Movement.

The Civic Democrats, who represented demands for a tighter Czechoslovak federation, began to organize in Slovakia.

[7] The ODS won the election, winning 66 seats (and the KDS another ten), and formed a centre-right coalition with the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) and the KDU-ČSL, with Klaus as prime minister.

[8] In December 1997, allegations of the party receiving illegal donations and maintaining a secret slush fund caused the ODA and KDU-ČSL to withdraw from the coalition, and the government collapsed.

In January 1998, some legislators opposed to Klaus, led by Jan Ruml and Ivan Pilip, left the party in the so-called 'Sarajevo Assassination' and formed the Freedom Union (US).

As a result, on 9 July 1998, the ODS signed the Opposition Agreement, which pledged the party to provide confidence and maintain a ČSSD government under Miloš Zeman.

Topolánek also discussed possible emplacement of United States Missile defense in the Czech Republic which resulted in public resistance.

Sobotka's poor showing in the 2013 general election was seen as caused by the government's unpopularity and lack of support from the party.

[14] After resignation and fall of Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas ODS proposed Miroslava Němcová to the position of the prime minister to President Miloš Zeman saying that she will be able to form a coalition and succeed a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies.

After that, opposition called for a dissolution of Chamber of Deputies and early election (such vote was only recently made possible by a constitutional amendment).

[15] Some polling agencies and political commentators are of the opinion that ODS was on the path to become main centre-right party again.

which was series of tours to Czech regions with party leaders discussing priorities with supporters and potential voters for an upcoming election.

Chief Whip Zbyněk Stanjura said that many people take advantage of social benefits even though they don't deserve it.

The alliance was known as the "Three Coalition", before the parties launched their slogan and program on 9 December 2020, announcing that they would run under the name Spolu ("together") in the 2021 Czech legislative election.

[36] Opposition parties signed memorandum agreeing to nominate ODS leader Fiala for the position of the new prime minister.

[citation needed] The ODS is described as conservative,[38][39][40][41][42] liberal-conservative,[43][44][45] and conservative-liberal,[46][47][48] supports economic liberalism,[49] and is Eurosceptic.

The party's program states "low taxes, public finances and future without debts, support for families with children, addressable social system, reducing bureaucracy, better conditions for business, a safe state with the transatlantic links.

Many prominent politicians in the party say they are opposed to "political correctness" and call for tougher measures to combat radical Islam which they liken to Nazism.

[60][61][62][63] Although the party was in power when the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified in the Czech Republic, ODS supports maintaining Czech sovereignty and integrity against the European Union, calls for a fundamental reform of the EU and strongly opposes any federalization of Europe in the form of the EU becoming a quasi-state entity.

[64] Following the EU referendum in Britain which resulted in the United Kingdom voting to leave, ODS leader Petr Fiala said the Czech Republic "should reconsider its priorities and strategy in the European Union" and if the Treaties were to be re-opened, negotiate new conditions for the country such as an opt-out from asylum rules as well as from the obligation to adopt the euro.

ODS is opposed to compulsory EU migrant quotas, arguing that the Czech Republic should have sovereignty over its own border control and that forcing nations to take in migrants without sufficient vetting or orderly processing and integration poses a threat to national security, social cohesion and native European culture.

[66] This makes them different from parties they are based on, as most of them, especially British Conservatives, reject the idea that anyone has a right to own and carry firearms and other weapons.

ODS, especially its defense expert Jana Černochová, was one of the main supporters of embedding the right to keep and bear arms for the purposes of national security into the Czech constitution, although it was Social Democrat Milan Chovanec who originally proposed it.

[67] Václav Klaus stated that the party's name represents the fact that ODS is based on the idea of civic freedoms.

The founding congress of MK was held on 8 December 1991 as a result of previous preparations through Charter of Young Conservatives by a group of students at the University of Technology in Brno and Law Students' Association "Všehrd" from Faculty of Law at the Charles University.

ODS refused to join EPP due to its ideological differences and instead became a member of European Democrats.