Polish Initiative

The Polish Initiative (Polish: Inicjatywa Polska) - is a Polish centre-left political party created in 2016 (registered as a political party in 2019). Its current leader is Barbara Nowacka. The party is a part of the Civic Coalition.

Polish Initiative

Inicjatywa Polska
LeaderBarbara Nowacka
Founded20 February 2016
Split fromYour Movement
Democratic Left Alliance
HeadquartersWarsaw
IdeologySocial liberalism
Feminism
Pro-Europeanism
Secularism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationCivic Coalition
Colours  White
  Red
Sejm
4 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 52
Sejmiks
1 / 552
City Presidents
0 / 107
Website
http://ipl.org.pl/

History

The association Polish Initiative was created on February 20, 2016,[1] by Barbara Nowacka, a former member of the Your Movement and the United Left electoral alliance for the 2015 parliamentary election. It was registered as a political party in 2019.

In 2018 the Initiative joined the Civic Coalition for the local elections. Two of its candidates were elected to the Voivodeship sejmiks.

The association joined the European Coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election.[2] However, because of being in the process of the registration as a political party, its members did not compete in the election.[3]

The party joined the Civic Coalition for the 2019 parliamentary election. Two of the party candidates, including its leader Barbara Nowacka and two candidates recommended by the party, were elected to the Sejm. The Coalition won 134 in total, losing to the ruling party Law and Justice.[4]

For 2020 Polish presidential election Polish Initiative supported the Civic Coalition's candidate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska. Later, the Polish Initiative announced that it would as a party not take part in the election on 10 May, due change of electoral rules because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] However, after the election was moved it supported Rafał Trzaskowski, who became the Civic Coalition's candidate after the resignation of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska. Trzaskowski later lost in the second round to the incumbent Andrzej Duda.[6]

Program

The party supports the decentralisation of power and increasing the power of local governments. It also supports European integration. On social issues, it is against any forms of discrimination, with an emphasis on gender discrimination. The party also advocates for the separation of church and state. [7] The party also supports increasing the funding of the Polish healthcare system.[8]

Electoral Performance

Sejm
Election year Leader # of
votes		 % of
vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Govt?
2019 Barbara Nowacka 5,060,355 27.4 (#2)
4 / 460
 PiS
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 134 seats in total.

Presidential
Election year Candidate 1st round 2nd round
# of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall votes % of overall vote
2020 supported Rafał Trzaskowski 5,917,340 30.5 (#2) 10,018,263 48.9 (#2)

Regional Assemblies
Election year Percentage of
vote		 Number of
overall seats won		 +/–
2018 27.0 (#2)
2 / 552
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 194 seats in total.

Board[9]

Leader

Secretary

  • Tomasz Sybilski

Treasurer

  • Katarzyna Osowiecka

Other members

  • Anna Uzdowska-Gacek
  • Barbara Starska
  • Dariusz Joński
  • Szymon Wiłnicki
  • Adam Ostaszewski
  • Mateusz Rambacher
  • Arkadiusz Dzierżyński

References
  1. "Polish Initiative - new left-wing association | Polska Agencja Prasowa SA". www.pap.pl.
  2. "Koalicja Europejska rozszerza się o nowe ugrupowania, m.in. UED, IP i KOD". May 14, 2019.
  3. "Nowackiej zabrakło wśród liderów opozycji. Dlaczego?". fakty.interia.pl.
  4. "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl.
  5. wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/
  6. "Wybory Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2020 r." wybory.gov.pl.
  7. "O nas – Inicjatywa Polska".
  8. Naklicka, Tatiana (October 12, 2018). "Inicjatywa Polska". wiadomosci.wp.pl.
  9. http://ipl.org.pl/?page_id=249
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