Polish Coalition
Polish Coalition Koalicja Polska | |
|---|---|
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| Parliamentary leader | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz |
| Chair | Vacant |
| Deputy chairs |
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| Founded | 4 July 2019 |
| Ideology | Centrism[1] Christian democracy[2] |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Members | |
| Sejm | 24 / 460 |
| Senate | 4 / 100 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 52 |
| Regional assemblies | 69 / 552 |
| Website | |
| koalicjapolska | |
The Polish Coalition (Polish: Koalicja Polska) is a political alliance of parties in Poland created by the Polish People's Party. It is largely Christian-democratic and centrist.[3]
History[]
Formation and parliamentary election[]
The coalition was first mentioned on 4 February 2019 at a press conference as a union of the Polish People's Party (PSL), the Union of European Democrats (UED) and Modern (N), which supported former Wrocław mayor Rafał Dutkiewicz.[4] In the May 2019 European Parliament election, the PSL, Modern and UED participated in the European Coalition, which included centre-right, centrist and centre-left parties.
The PSL general council decided to build the Polish Coalition, a centre-right coalition, on 1 June of that year.[5] The desire for a coalition was first declared by the League of Polish Families (LPR)[6][7] and the UED.[8] The PSL also held talks with Kukiz'15, the Right Wing of the Republic and the Nonpartisan Local Government Activists movement, and invited Civic Platform (PO).
The PSL-UED parliamentary coalition changed its name to PSL-Polish Coalition on 4 July 2019, and was joined by former members of PO (Marek Biernacki and Jacek Tomczak) and Modern (Radosław Lubczyk).[9] Two days later, the PSL general council announced that an alliance with PO is a coalition priority. Władys��aw Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed UED cooperation.[10]
On 23 July, the PSL's Piotr Zgorzelski confirmed that the Alliance of Democrats and Labour Party were part of the coalition and talks with Kukiz'15 and Nonpartisan Local Governments Association were cordial and would end soon.[11][12] A week later, Marek Sawicki confirmed that the had joined the coalition.[13][14]
The Silesians Together party and the Jura-Silesian Association European Home joined the coalition on 5 August 2019.[15] Three days later (after losing several MPs), Kukiz'15 joined the coalition.[16] One member each from Civic Platform and the League of Polish Families (LPR) were also on the PSL list, despite those parties not belonging to the coalition.[17][failed verification]
In the 2019 parliamentary election, the PSL received 8.6 percent of the vote; an improvement compared to the 2015 parliamentary election. The coalition gained 30 seats in the Sejm: 20 from the PSL, six from Kukiz'15, one from the UED, and three independents. It also gained three senators: two from the PSL and one from the UED.
Coalition since the end of 2019[]
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz of the PSL became coalition's candidate for the 2020 presidential election. He received 459,365 votes which was 2.4%, coming fifth among eleven candidates[18]
On 26 November 2020, the General Council of PSL ended coalition with Kukiz'15, after 5 of 6 MPs of K'15 voted in favour of government's veto on European budget.[19] Parliamentary club has its changed its title to Polish Coalition - PSL, UED, Conservatives.
5 politicians of Kukiz'15 with Paweł Kukiz has formed their own group in parliament, Agnieszka Ścigaj (who voted as PSL in case of veto) became independent MP. She joined PSL parliamentary group, but later she resigned from this political group and became unaffiliated MP.
Composition[]
2019 election[]
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | MPs | Senators | MEPs | Sejmiks | Entry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | |||||||||
| Polish People's Party | Agrarianism Christian democracy |
Centre-right | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | 20 / 460
|
2 / 100
|
3 / 51
|
70 / 552
|
4 July 2019 | |
| Union of European Democrats | Social liberalism | Centre | Elżbieta Bińczycka | 1 / 460
|
1 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
1 / 552
|
4 July 2019 | |
| Alliance of Democrats | Liberalism | Centre | Paweł Piskorski | 0 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
|
23 July 2019 | |
| Silesians Together | Silesian autonomism | Centre | Leon Swaczyna | 0 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
|
5 August 2019 | |
| Poland Needs Us | National liberalism | Centre-right | Dariusz Grabowski | 0 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
|
27 June 2019 | |
| One-PL | Social liberalism | Centre-left | Włodzimierz Zydorczak | 0 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
|
10 September 2019 | |
| Other organisations | |||||||||
| Kukiz'15 | Right-wing populism | Centre-right to right-wing | Paweł Kukiz | 6 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
|
8 August 2019 | |
| Polish Federation of the Associations of Catholic Families | Political Catholicism | Centre-right | Kazimierz Kapera | 30 July 2019 | |||||
| Jurassic-Silesian Association European Home | Localism | Centre-left | Janusz Żakowski | 5 August 2019 | |||||
| Independents | |||||||||
|
3 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
|
4 July 2019 | ||||
Ninth Sejm and 10th Senate[]
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | MPs | Senators | MEPs | Sejmiks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | |||||||||
| Polish People's Party | Agrarianism Christian democracy |
Centre-right | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | 19 / 460
|
2 / 100
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3 / 51
|
66 / 552
| ||
| Union of European Democrats | Social liberalism | Centre | Elżbieta Bińczycka | 1 / 460
|
1 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
1 / 552
| ||
| Silesians Together | Silesian autonomism | Centre | Leon Swaczyna | 0 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
| ||
| Other organisations | |||||||||
| Fair Play Country | Conservative liberalism | Centre-right | Jolanta Milas | 0 / 460
|
0 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
0 / 552
| ||
| Independents | |||||||||
4 / 460
|
1 / 100
|
0 / 51
|
2 / 552
| ||||||
| Former members | |||||||||
| Kukiz'15 | Right-wing populism | Centre-right to right-wing | Paweł Kukiz | 4 / 460
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0 / 100
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0 / 51
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0 / 552
| ||
References[]
- ^ Kolanko, Michał (24 June 2021). "Transfery do Koalicji Polskiej: PSL rośnie w centrum". Rzeczpospolita. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Janecki, Stanisław (7 November 2021). "Bejda: Koalicja Polska buduje centrum prawicowe. Nie jest nam po drodze z PO". Polskie Radio. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "PSL chce koalicji z PO. Bez SLD i Wiosny - Wiadomości". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ ""Polacy oczekują Koalicji Polskiej". Nowoczesna, PSL i UED wystąpiły z apelem". tvn24.pl. 4 February 2019.
- ^ "PSL buduje własny blok na wybory – Koalicję Polską". rp.pl. 1 June 2019.
- ^ "ZG LPR w sprawie budowy Koalicji Polskiej". lpr.pl. 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Rada Polityczna LPR przed wyborami parlamentarnymi". lpr.pl. 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Protasiewicz: Kosiniak-Kamysz lepszym liderem od Schetyny". rmf24.pl. 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Powstał nowy klub PSL-Koalicja Polska". wnp.pl. 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Kosiniak-Kamysz: Do wyborów nie pójdziemy z lewicą, zapraszamy do rozmów samą PO". gazetaprawna.pl. 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Będzie koalicja Kukiz'15 z PSL?" (in Polish). 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Kto do Koalicji Polskiej?" (in Polish). 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Sawicki o działaniu prezesa UODO" (in Polish). 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Najnowszy sondaż. Opozycja depcze PiS po piętach" (in Polish). 30 July 2019.
- ^ "PSL na Śląsku. Porozumienia z ugrupowaniami regionalnymi". interia.pl. 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Kukiz'15 i PSL: Po wyborach wspólny klub" (in Polish). 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Komitet Wyborczy Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/pl/wyniki/1/pl National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 July 2020
- ^ "The end of Polish Coalition". polsatnews.pl.
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