klaus jr. said that he began considering the founding of a new party when he was expelled from the civic democratic party (ods) in march 2018. in april 2019 he announced that he would present the name and ideology of the party in june 2019 after the european parliament elections. his father václav klaus, former czech prime minister and president, was said to be a member. on 28 april 2019, klaus jr. called on his supporters on facebook to help him choose the name of the party, pledging that he would buy a bottle for the winner. many suggestions were satirical, such as klaus klaus klan (kkk), party of free common sense (strana svobodného selského rozumu - sssr) or klaustrophobia. serious suggestions included the patriotic coalition (whose czech name "vlastenecká koalice" would share klaus's initials) or nation together. in early june 2019 klaus jr. registered the name tricolour citizens' movement.