The political situation in Poland today

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The Polish Initiative (Polish: Inicjatywa Polska, iPL) is a progressive political party in Poland.

It was formed as an association in 2016, and it was registered as a political party in 2019. Its leader is Barbara Nowacka, and it is a part of the Civic Coalition. It supports principles of social liberalism, social democracy and secularism. It has been described as centre-left and left-wing.



Barbara Nowacka



Barbara Anna Nowacka (born 10 May 1975) is a Polish politician. A left activist in Unia Pracy, and later in Twój Ruch, in October 2015 she became leader of the Zjednoczona Lewica (ZL, United Left) coalition for the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, bringing together Labour United, Your Movement, the Democratic Left Alliance, the Greens, and the Polish Socialist Party. Nowacka is the daughter of the late Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka. Since 2016 she has been the leader of Inicjatywa Polska.

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Lewica Razem party leaders Magdalena Biejat and Adrian Zandberg

Left Together (Polish: Lewica Razem) is a left-wing political party in Poland.

It was formed in 2015 as Together (Polish: Razem), and it was one of the eight nationwide committees standing in the 2015 parliamentary election. It was a member of the Progressive International, and it has cooperated with DiEM25 since 2016. In 2022, Razem ended cooperation with both organizations, criticising their "lack of an unequivocal declaration of recognition of Ukraine's sovereignty and the absolute condemnation of Russian imperialism" during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of 2022, it is headed by a co-leadership consisting of Adrian Zandberg and Magdalena Biejat. It supports principles of democratic socialism and social democracy. It has also expressed progressive views.

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The Agreement (Polish: Porozumienie), formally known as Jarosław Gowin's Agreement (Polish: Porozumienie Jarosława Gowina), is a centre-right political party in Poland.

It was founded in November 2017, led by former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin, as an expansion of Gowin's previous party, Poland Together, before changing its name. It was allied with the ruling party of Poland, Law and Justice (PiS), as part of the United Right until August 2021. Its current leader is Magdalena Sroka.

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The Centre for Poland (Polish: Centrum dla Polski) is a Polish conservative political party. It was formed on 2 May 2022 by former Civic Platform MPs and local government activists affiliated with the Polish Coalition. The goal of the group is to unify the conservative wing of the Coalition and to attract young conservative and nationalistic voters.

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National Movement (Polish: Ruch Narodowy, RN) is a Far Right ultranationalist political party in Poland. It is led by Krzysztof Bosak.

It was founded in 2012 as an organization, and in 2014 it was registered as a political party. It is a part of the Confederation Liberty and Independence, and it currently has 5 members in the Sejm. It is a far-right political party and it is orientated towards socially conservative and militarist stances.

Ideology

The National Movement is positioned on the far-right on the political spectrum. It has been described as an ultranationalist, Polish nationalist, and national-conservative party. It is explicitly socially conservative, and it has militarist tendencies. It has also expressed hard Eurosceptic sentiment.

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PL2050 and PSL join forces, 2 Christian Democratic parties cooperate

Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 (Polish: Polska 2050 Szymona Hołowni, PL2050) is a centrist political party in Poland.

It was founded as a social movement in 2020, shortly after the presidential election. It was officially registered as a political party in April 2021. Since it was founded after the previous parliamentary election, it hasn't participated in any parliamentary elections, although eight MPs have defected to Poland 2050 in the Sejm. It is ideologically supportive of green politics and Christian democratic principles, and it also combines some elements of liberalism, social democracy, conservatism and patriotism. You could call PL2050 a Big Tent party.

A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a term used in reference to a political party having members covering a broad spectrum of beliefs. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties, which defend a determined ideology, seek voters who adhere to that ideology, and attempt to convince people towards it.

Ideology and position

The party is considered to be positioned in the centre on the political spectrum, although generally its policies span from the centre-left to the centre-right. It is also seen as a catch-all (Big Tent) party. Ideologically, it pursues green politics, and it combines elements of Christian democracy, liberalism, and social democracy. It has been also described by some as conservative, moderate-conservative, and Christian-democratic. It supports Poland's membership in the European Union.


Szymon Franciszek Hołownia (born 3 September 1976) is a Polish journalist, politician, television personality, writer, political commentator and humanitarian activist. From 2008 to 2019 he co-hosted Mam talent!, the Polish version of Got Talent, together with Marcin Prokop. He was an independent presidential candidate in 2020 elections, coming in third place in the first round of the elections. Szymon Hołownia is the Chairman of PL2050.


Michał Andrzej Kobosko (born April 15, 1968) is a Polish press journalist and political activist. He is the Vice-president of the Poland 2050 association and chairman of the Poland 2050 party by Szymon Hołownia.

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Folks,

I thought that the Netherlands has a lot of political parties in the Dutch parliament 21 different political parties and fractions. But Poland has 25 political political parties in the Sejm, the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. So Poland has complicated elections too.

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The German Minority Electoral Committee (Polish: Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka, German: Wahlkomitee der Deutschen Minderheit) is an electoral committee in Poland which represents the German minority. Since 2008, its representative has been Ryszard Galla.

It is not a registered political party, but an organization by which Poland's political system gives political representation to national minorities. Candidates of the German minority are proposed by the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Opolitian Silesia (Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców na Śląsku Opolskim) and the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Silesian Voivodeship (Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Niemców Województwa Śląskiego).

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Folks,

This is an excellent explenation of the Polish political parties. Excactly what I tried to do in 3 pages.



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Poland’s left-wing opposition girds for election battle

18.08.2023 22:30

Poland’s New Left opposition party on Friday unveiled its candidates for MPs and vowed to fight to win October's parliamentary elections together with other opposition groups “for the good of the country.”


The leaders of Poland's New Left group, Włodzimierz Czarzasty (centre) and Robert Biedroń (second from left), attend a news conference in Warsaw on Friday, August 18, 2023. PAP/Andrzej Lange

New Left co-leader Włodzimierz Czarzasty told a news conference that his group would field 920 candidates for the 460 seats in the lower house of parliament, while maintaining parity between men and women, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Czarzasty declared: “We are aiming to win … and secure good things for our country, alongside our partners in the opposition, the Third Way alliance and the Civic Coalition (KO). We are prepared for this battle.”

The party's other leader, Robert Biedroń, called on his “friends in the opposition” to team up ahead of elections to the lower house, the Sejm.

On Thursday, Poland's opposition parties agreed to join forces in the race for the Senate, the upper house.

Biedroń said on Friday that a similar “Sejm Pact” should include “a shared policy manifesto” of the opposition, including "a commitment to Poland’s membership of the European Union, the rule of law and the constitution," the PAP news agency reported.

The “Sejm Pact” should also cover cooperation in government to make sure that “the day after election victory,” the parties currently in opposition "begin to form a new Cabinet and run the country together,” Biedroń told reporters.

He also declared the New Left party was “ready for the election” and encouraged the public to cast their votes for leftist candidates, the PAP news agency reported.

Poland's 2023 parliamentary elections

Poland's lawmakers on Thursday approved a government plan to combine the parliamentary elections on October 15 with a nationwide referendum on issues including illegal migration.

In the parliamentary elections, Poles will head to the ballot box to elect 460 new MPs and 100 senators for a four-year term.

The ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party has maintained a clear lead over the opposition in most recent surveys, polling ahead of the centrist Civic Coalition (KO) and the far-right Confederation group.

The ruling conservatives in 2019 won a convincing victory over opposition parties at the ballot box, securing a second term in power.

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Source: PAP, Polsat News

www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3227064,poland%E2%80%99s-leftwing-opposition-girds-for-election-battle