Freedom and Equality
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Freedom and Equality Wolność i Równość | |
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Leader | Piotr Musiał |
Founded | 20 March 2005 |
Headquarters | ul. Powsińska 40/2, 02-903 Warsaw |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Anti-clericalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | Europa Plus (2014) United Left (2015-2016) SLD-The Left Together (2018) European Coalition (2019) |
Colours | Red, White, Green |
Sejm | 0 / 460
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Senate | 0 / 100
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Website | |
http://wir.info.pl | |
The Freedom and Equality (Polish: Wolność i Równość, WiR), previously called Union of the Left (Polish: Unia Lewicy, UL); is a minor social-democratic political party in Poland founded on 20 March 2005 through the union of several left-wing organisations and parties, including: Worker's Democracy, Young Socialists, Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu RACJA, Centrolewica Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy, Nowa Lewica, Polska Partia Pracy, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna. and Unia Pracy.[1]
The party is supported by the "Democratic Women's Union" (Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet), Polish LGBT rights groups, and several small left-wing organisations.
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