Populismus v současné české a německé stranické politice - příklad Alternativy pro Německo a Svobody a přímé demokracie v České republice

In this paper I concentrate on the topics of populism, its explicit definition, attribution within the system of political course, short history of development within the scope of western democracy, its distinctive traits and its contemporarily increasing tendency of influence of populist parties in the parliament of the representative democracy and also the advancement of populistic candidates in countries which possess a presidential system. I focus on two parties in particular, one within the framework of the German and another within the Czech parliament party system. I provide insight on the main characteristics and differences between the German political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), and the Czech political party Svoboda a přímá demokracie - Tomio Okamura (SPD) in terms of temporary development, structure of the organization, election program and canvass. Further, an analysis of the election results in both parliaments in those countries is pointed out