United Left (Poland)
United Left Zjednoczona Lewica | |
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Leader | Barbara Nowacka |
Founded | July 2015 |
Dissolved | February 2016[1] |
Ideology | Social democracy[2] |
Political position | Centre-left[3] |
Website | |
zjednoczona-lewica.pl | |
The United Left (Polish: Zjednoczona Lewica, ZL) was a political and electoral alliance of political parties in Poland.
The alliance was formed in July 2015 by the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Your Movement (TR), Polish Socialist Party (PPS), Labour United (UP), and The Greens (PZ) to jointly contest the forthcoming parliamentary election.[4][5][6] The formation of the alliance was in response to the poor performance the Polish centre-left in the 2015 presidential election, and was backed by the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ).[7] On 14 September 2015 the Polish Labour Party (PPP) joined the alliance.[8] On 4 October 2015, it was announced that Barbara Nowacka, co-leader of TR, would be the alliance's leader and prime ministerial candidate.[9][10]
In the 2015 parliamentary election on 25 October 2015, the ZL received 7.6% of the vote,[11] below the 8% electoral threshold for electoral alliances (individual parties only need 5%),[12] leaving the alliance without any parliamentary representation. ZL was dissolved in February 2016.[1] The alliance was succeeded for the 2019 parliamentary election by The Left.
References[]
- ^ a b Chamala, Waldemar. "Formalny koniec Zjednoczonej Lewicy". Lewica.pl. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Polish left to unite for general election - National
- ^ United Left to unveil programme in mid-August - National
- ^ PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP
- ^ Does the Polish left have a future? | openDemocracy
- ^ http://fakty.interia.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2015/aktualnosci/news-do-zjednoczonej-lewicy-dolaczyl-nowy-koalicjant,nId,1885559 (pl)
- ^ Poland's United Left puts forward candidate for PM - National
- ^ United Left presents its new leader and PM candidate | WBJ
- ^ http://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/349_Wyniki_Sejm
- ^ Nardelli, Alberto (2015-10-22). "Polish elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system". The Guardian.
External links[]
- Official website (in Polish)
- 2015 establishments in Poland
- 2016 disestablishments in Poland
- Defunct left-wing political party alliances
- Defunct political party alliances in Poland
- Defunct social democratic parties in Poland
- Democratic Left Alliance
- Political parties disestablished in 2016
- Political parties established in 2015
- Polish political party stubs