Young Czechs

…to radical demands, the nationalistic Young Czechs were able to gain support from the electorate. In 1890 Taaffe tried to negotiate an agreement between the Old Czechs and the German liberals, whereby Bohemia would be divided for administrative and judicial purposes along lines of nationality, but he was balked by…

The Young Czechs and the Pan-Germans were reduced to small factions without parliamentary influence, while the Christian Socialists and the Social Democrats returned as the two strongest parties out of more than 30 represented in parliament; the socialist delegation in the Austrian parliament was, in fact,…

…progressive wing (commonly called the Young Czechs), which was gaining popularity among the urban middle class and well-to-do peasants, advocated ending the parliamentary boycott. Meanwhile, Rieger found it increasingly difficult to defend his boycott policy as well as the alliance with the big landowners; they brought no tangible results and…

…sped the decline of the Young Czechs. Mass political parties, such as the Agrarians and the Social Democrats, arrived on the scene; these groups appealed to the peasant and working-class voters, who enjoyed voting rights after the introduction of universal manhood suffrage in 1906. Yet instead of helping to consolidate…