This article is concerned with political issues in the Czech Republic whereas it emphasizes the European Union issue. Authors’ goal is to determine the salience of the European Union issue for all the relevant political parties (Czech Social Democrat Party, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People’s Party, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Civic Democratic Party, Green Party, TOP 09 and Public Affairs). Theoretical part introduces political issues in general, mainly draws from the concepts of issue salience and issue ownership. The content analysis of party manifestos 2006 and 2010 is performed by using the code scheme of Comparative Manifesto Project research group. Afterwards it is discovered how much of the space is devoted to the European Union issue and how salient this issue is for all the relevant political parties.