Modern (political party)

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Modern
.Nowoczesna
LeaderAdam Szłapka
FounderRyszard Petru
FoundedMay 2015
Membership (2018)4,160
IdeologySocial liberalism
Classical liberalism
Pro-Europeanism[1]
Political positionCentre[1][2]
National affiliationCivic Coalition (2018–)
European Coalition (2019)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Sejm
6 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 52
Regional assemblies
22 / 552
City Presidents
0 / 107
Website
www.nowoczesna.org

Modern (Polish: Nowoczesna, styled as .Nowoczesna) is a liberal[3] political party in Poland. The party was founded in May 2015 by the former World Bank economist Ryszard Petru.[4] Katarzyna Lubnauer became the party's leader in November 2017.[5]

History[]

The party was founded in late May 2015 as NowoczesnaPL (ModernPL) by economist Ryszard Petru.[6]

Due to some controversy over its name – there had already been a non-governmental organization called the Modern Poland Foundation,[7] In August 2015, the party's name was changed to .Modern (.Nowoczesna).[8]

Around the same time, the party's new logo was presented, and Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz became its spokesperson.[9]

The party received 7.6% of votes in the 2015 parliamentary election, which resulted in winning 28 seats in the Sejm.[10][11]

The party was admitted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) on 4 June 2016.[12]

From 2015 election to end of 2016 Nowoczesna had more support in polls than Platforma Obywatelska. It has lost it after image problems of Ryszard Petru.[13][14]

Katarzyna Lubnauer became the leader of Nowoczesna in November 2017. In leader elections at the party congress, Lubnauer received 149 votes and Petru received 140 votes.[5]

In March 2018, Modern and Civic Platform formed the Civic Coalition electoral alliance to contest the 2018 local elections. In May 2018, founder Ryszard Petru left the party.[15]

In 2019, Modern was running for the European Parliament as part of the European Coalition.

In June 2019, Modern joined the Civic Platform - Civic Coalition parliamentary group. During the 2019 Polish parliamentary elections the party was a member of the Civic Coalition along with the Civic Platform, Polish Initiative and the Greens. After these elections, Modern rejoined the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.

Ideology[]

The party has been compared to the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), with its emphasis on economic liberalism in its policy platform.[16] With their new party programme released in 2021, the party significantly changed its economical course to a more left-wing economical stance, while still maintaining its progressive social nature.[17]

Leadership[]

Party Leaders[]

No. Image Name Start Date End Date Time
1. Ryszard Petru Sejm 02 2016.JPG Ryszard Petru 31 May 2015 25 November 2017 2 years, 178 days
2. Katarzyna Lubnauer Sejm 2016.JPG Katarzyna Lubnauer 25 November 2017 24 November 2019 1 year, 364 days
3. Adam Szłapka Sejm 2015.JPG Adam Szłapka 24 November 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 289 days

Parliamentary Leaders[]

No. Image Name Start Date End Date Time
1. Ryszard Petru Sejm 02 2016.JPG Ryszard Petru 12 November 2015 26 April 2017 1 year, 165 days
2. Katarzyna Lubnauer Sejm 2016.JPG Katarzyna Lubnauer 26 April 2017 9 January 2018 258 days
3. Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz by Lukasz Kaminski.jpg Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz 9 January 2018 5 December 2018 330 days
4. Katarzyna Lubnauer Sejm 2016.JPG Katarzyna Lubnauer 6 December 2018 7 December 2019 1 day
5. Pudlowski.jpg 7 December 2018 12 June 2019 187 days

Since 13 June 2019 members of Modern are part of the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.[18]

Election results[]

Sejm[]

Election year Leader Number of
votes 		Percentage of
vote 		Number of
overall seats won 		+/– Govt?
2015 Ryszard Petru 1,155,370[10] 7.6 (#4)[10]
28 / 460
 New Opposition
2019 Katarzyna Lubnauer 5,060,355 27.4 (#2)
8 / 460
 Decrease20 Opposition
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 134 seats in total.

Senate[]

Election year Number of
votes 		Percentage of
vote 		Number of
overall seats won 		+/– Govt?
2015 394 817[10] 2.6 (#5)[10]
0 / 100
 New Opposition
2019 6,490,306 35.7 (#2)
1 / 100
 Increase1 Opposition
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 43 seats in total.

Regional assemblies[]

Election year Percentage of
vote 		Number of
overall seats won 		+/–
2018 27.1 (#2)
31 / 552
 New
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 194 seats in total.

European Parliament[]

Election year Percentage of
vote 		Number of
overall seats won 		+/–
2019 38.47 (#2)
0 / 52
 New
As part of European Coalition, which won 22 seats in total.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Henningsen, Bernd; Etzold, Tobias; Hanne, Krister, eds. (15 September 2017). The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide: History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. p. 352. ISBN 978-3-8305-1727-6.
  2. ^ Nardelli, Alberto (22 October 2015). "Polish elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ Marek Payerhin, ed. (2016). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2016-2017. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4758-2897-9.
  4. ^ Tom Lansford, ed. (2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. SAGE Publications. p. 1219. ISBN 978-1-5063-2715-0.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Broniatowski, Michał (26 November 2017). "Polish opposition party elects new female leader". Politico Europe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ ""Ciepła woda w kranie jest w Kijowie". Ryszard Petru obiecuje likwidację przywilejów" (in Polish). TVN24. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Nowoczesna.pl to plagiat? Fundacja protestuje przeciw zawłaszczaniu jej nazwy" (in Polish). wpolityce.pl. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Nowoczesna bez "PL", ale z kwadratową kropką. Ugrupowanie Petru zmienia wizerunek" (in Polish). TVN24. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Nowoczesna z nowym rzecznikiem, logo i "jedynką"". Newsweek Polska (in Polish). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "PKW: PiS zdobyło 37,58 proc. głosów. Wchodzi pięć partii, lewica poza Sejmem" (in Polish). TVN24. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  11. ^ Matthew S. Shugart; Rein Taagepera (2017). Votes from Seats: Logical Models of Electoral Systems. Cambridge University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-108-41702-0.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Nowoczesna wyprzedza PO, czyli rewolucja w sondażach [ANALIZA]". Newsweek.pl.
  14. ^ "Sondaż IBRiS wybory: 23 czerwca 2016 r. - Badanie opinii". wnp.pl.
  15. ^ "Founder of Poland's opposition Nowoczesna party quits". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy.
  16. ^ Reinhold Vetter. Nationalismus im Osten Europas: Was Kaczynski und Orbán mit Le Pen und Wilders verbindet. Ch. Links Verlag. p. 61. ISBN 978-3-86153-939-1.
  17. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  18. ^ "Posłowie Nowoczesnej wstąpili do klubu Platformy Obywatelskiej-Koalicji Obywatelskiej". PolskieRadio24.pl.

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