the party was presented at a press conference on 10 june 2019, with klaus jr. saying that tricolour would "defend conservative ideas of a normal world". the party had two mps at that time, klaus jr. and zuzana zahradníková majerová, who were both elected as candidates of ods. among the members of the new party were psychiatrist jan pirk, doctor and former mp boris šťastný, economist markéta šichtařová, and jan teplý sr. klaus jr. commented that there were approximately another 10 mps who were considering joining tricolour. the press conference was attended by civic democratic party senator jaroslav zeman, leading to speculation that he may also join tricolour.