Polish Coalition

History

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.[2] In the May 2019 European Parliament election, the PSL, Nowoczesna and UED participated in framing the European Coalition; left-wing parties were also included.

The PSL general council decided to build the Polish Coalition, a centre-right coalition, on 1 June of that year.[3] The desire for a coalition was first declared by the League of Polish Families (LPR)[4][5] and the UED.[6] 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 Novoczesna (Radosław Lubczyk).[7] Two days later, the PSL general council announced that an alliance with PO is a coalition priority. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed UED cooperation.[8]

On 23 July, the PSL's Piotr Zgorzelski confirmed that the Alliance of Democrats and Labour Party are part of the coalition and talks with Kukiz'15 and Nonpartisan Local Governments Association were cordial and would end soon.[9][10] A week later, Marek Sawicki confirmed that the Association of Catholic Families had joined the coalition.[11][12]

The Silesians Together party and the Jura-Silesian Association European Home joined the coalition on 5 August 2019.[13] Three days later (after losing several MPs), Kukiz'15 joined the coalition.[14] 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.[15]

In the 2019 parliamentary election, the PSL received 8.55 percent of the vote; this was better than the 2015 election. The coalition has 30 seats in the Sejm: 20 from the PSL, six from Kukiz'15, one from the UED, and three independents. It has three senators: two from the PSL and one from the UED.

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz became coalition's candidate for the 2020 presidential election. He received 459,365 votes which was 2.4%, coming fifth among eleven candidates[16]

On 26 November 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.[17] Parliamentary club has its name changed into 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 to
centre-right		 Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
20 / 460
2 / 100
3 / 51
70 / 552
 4 July 2019
Union of European Democrats Centrism
Social liberalism		 Centre Elżbieta Bińczycka
1 / 460
1 / 100
0 / 51
1 / 552
 4 July 2019
Alliance of Democrats Liberalism
Social liberalism		 Centre Paweł Piskorski
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
 23 July 2019
Silesians Together Localism
Silesian autonomism		 Centre Leon Swaczyna
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
 5 August 2019
Poland Needs Us Anti-bureaucratism
National liberalism		 Centre-right Dariusz Grabowski
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
 27 June 2019
One-PL Direct democracy
Liberalism		 Centre-left Włodzimierz Zydorczak
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
 10 September 2019
Other organisations
Kukiz'15 Populism
Direct democracy		 Centre-right Paweł Kukiz
6 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
 8 August 2019
Polish Federation of the Associations of Catholic Families Political Catholicism
Familialism		 Centre-right Kazimierz Kapera 30 July 2019
Jurassic-Silesian Association European Home Localism
Progressivism		 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 to
centre-right		 Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
20 / 460
2 / 100
3 / 51
70 / 552
Union of European Democrats Centrism
Social liberalism		 Centre Elżbieta Bińczycka
1 / 460
1 / 100
0 / 51
1 / 552
Silesians Together Localism
Silesian autonomism		 Centre Leon Swaczyna
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
Other organisations
Fair Play Country Conservative liberalism
Minarchism		 Centre-right Jolanta Milas
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
Independents
3 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
Former members
Kukiz'15 Populism
Direct democracy		 Centre-right Paweł Kukiz
6 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552

References
  1. "PSL chce koalicji z PO. Bez SLD i Wiosny - Wiadomości". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ""Polacy oczekują Koalicji Polskiej". Nowoczesna, PSL i UED wystąpiły z apelem". tvn24.pl. 4 February 2019.
  3. "PSL buduje własny blok na wybory – Koalicję Polską". rp.pl. 1 June 2019.
  4. "ZG LPR w sprawie budowy Koalicji Polskiej". lpr.pl. 11 June 2019.
  5. "Rada Polityczna LPR przed wyborami parlamentarnymi". lpr.pl. 3 July 2019.
  6. "Protasiewicz: Kosiniak-Kamysz lepszym liderem od Schetyny". rmf24.pl. 2 July 2019.
  7. "Powstał nowy klub PSL-Koalicja Polska". wnp.pl. 4 July 2019.
  8. "Kosiniak-Kamysz: Do wyborów nie pójdziemy z lewicą, zapraszamy do rozmów samą PO". gazetaprawna.pl. 5 July 2019.
  9. "Będzie koalicja Kukiz'15 z PSL?" (in Polish). 23 July 2019.
  10. "Kto do Koalicji Polskiej?" (in Polish). 23 July 2019.
  11. "Sawicki o działaniu prezesa UODO" (in Polish). 30 July 2019.
  12. "Najnowszy sondaż. Opozycja depcze PiS po piętach" (in Polish). 30 July 2019.
  13. "PSL na Śląsku. Porozumienia z ugrupowaniami regionalnymi". interia.pl. 5 August 2019.
  14. "Kukiz'15 i PSL: Po wyborach wspólny klub" (in Polish). 8 August 2019.
  15. "Komitet Wyborczy Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  16. https://wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/pl/wyniki/1/pl National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 July 2020
  17. "The end of Polish Coalition". polsatnews.pl.
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