Polish Initiative
Polish Initiative Inicjatywa Polska | |
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Leader | Barbara Nowacka |
Founded | 20 February 2016 |
Registered | 2019 |
Split from | |
Headquarters | Warsaw |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation | Civic Coalition Senate Pact 2023 (for 2023 Senate election) |
European Parliament group | European People's Party |
Colours | |
Sejm | 3 / 460 |
Senate | 0 / 100 |
European Parliament | 1 / 52 |
Regional Assemblies | 2 / 552 |
City Presidents | 1 / 107 |
Website | |
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The Polish Initiative (Polish: Inicjatywa Polska, iPL) is a progressive political party in Poland. It was formed as an association in 2016, and was registered as a political party in 2019. Its leader is Barbara Nowacka, and it is a part of the Civic Coalition. It supports principles of social liberalism, social democracy and secularism. It has been described as centre-left[1] to left-wing.[2]
History
[edit]The association Polish Initiative was created on February 20, 2016,[3] by Barbara Nowacka, a former member of the Your Movement and the United Left electoral alliance for the 2015 parliamentary election.[4] It was registered as a political party in 2019.[5]
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.[6] However, because of being in the process of the registration as a political party, its members did not compete in the election.[7]
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.[8]
The Polish Initiative supported the Civic Coalition's candidate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in the 2020 presidential election. Later, the Polish Initiative announced that it would as a party not take part in the election on 10 May, due to change of electoral rules because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] 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.[10]
Ideology
[edit]The Polish Initiative is a progressive,[11] social liberal,[12] and social-democratic party.[13] It sits on the centre-left[1] to left-wing on the political spectrum.[2]
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.[14] The party also supports increasing the funding of the Polish healthcare system.[4]
Election results
[edit]Sejm
[edit]Election year | Leader | # of votes |
% of vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Government |
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2019 | Barbara Nowacka | 113,278 | 0.6 | 6 / 460
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New | PiS |
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 134 seats in total. | ||||||
2023 | 252,021 | 1.2 | 4 / 460
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KO–PL2050–KP–NL | |
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 157 seats in total. |
Presidential
[edit]Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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# 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
[edit]Election year | Percentage of vote |
Number of overall seats won |
+/– | |
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2018 | 27.0 (#2) | 2 / 552
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As part of Civic Coalition, which won 194 seats in total. |
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
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- "Poland". Europe Elects. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- "Poland accused of abandoning domestic violence victims". the Guardian. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- Wilczek, Maria (2021-12-07). "Polish opposition parties unite to sign agreement on restoring rule of law". Notes From Poland. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- "Depresja polskiej demokracji. 13. grudnia pod siedzibą PiS". naTemat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- "Jak zblokowana opozycja robi durniów z polskich wyborców". wpolityce.pl. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- "Jak zblokowana opozycja robi durniów z polskich Wyborców". Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ a b
- "Why do Poland's local elections matter?". EUROPP. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- S.A, Telewizja Polska. "New opposition grouping adds social tinge to liberal economics". tvpworld.com. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- Murawski, Michał (2019). The Palace complex : a Stalinist skyscraper, capitalist Warsaw, and a city transfixed. Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 978-0-253-03999-6. OCLC 1086506859.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Jest nowa partia lewicowa - Inicjatywa Polska". Bankier.pl (in Polish). 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- "Inicjatywa Polska stawia warunki Kidawie-Błońskiej. Takimi żądaniami sabotują kampanię". www.tvp.info (in Polish). 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ "Polish Initiative - new left-wing association | Polska Agencja Prasowa SA". www.pap.pl.
- ^ a b Naklicka, Tatiana (2018-10-12). "Inicjatywa Polska". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ ""Inicjatywa Polska" - Pozycja 38713 - Numer 143/2019 (5782) z 25 lipca 2019 r. - Internetowy Monitor Sądowy i Gospodarczy". www.imsig.pl. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ "Koalicja Europejska rozszerza się o nowe ugrupowania, m.in. UED, IP i KOD". May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Nowackiej zabrakło wśród liderów opozycji. Dlaczego?". fakty.interia.pl.
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl.
- ^ wybory.gov.pl/prezydent20200628/
- ^ "Wybory Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2020 r." wybory.gov.pl.
- ^ "Four questions on the Polish parliamentary elections". Centre for European Reform. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- ^ "Die polnische Opposition vor den Parlamentswahlen 2023: Liegt ein Machtwechsel in der Luft?". Konrad Adenauer Foundation (in German). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ "Invitation: Poland has voted – Europe after the elections". Wielkopolska.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-12-28.
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- ^ "Zarząd partii – Inicjatywa Polska".
the Sejm
- United Right (191)
- Law and Justice (165)
- Sovereign Poland (18)
- Renew RP (5)
- Polish Affairs (1)
- Independent (2)*
- Civic Coalition (157)
- Civic Platform (127)
- Modern (6)
- Polish Initiative (4)
- The Greens (3)
- AGROunion (1)
- Yes! For Poland (1)
- Independents (15)**
- The Left (26)
- New Left (19)
- Left Together (7)
- Poland 2050 (33)
- Polish Coalition (32)
- Polish People's Party (28)
- Centre for Poland (3)
- Independent (1)***
- Confederation (18)
- Kukiz'15 (3)
the Senate
- United Right (34)
- Law and Justice (29)
- Sovereign Poland (1)
- Independents (4)
- Civic Coalition (41)
- Civic Platform (36)
- Yes! For Poland (1)
- Independents (4)
- Third Way (Poland) (12)
- Poland 2050 (5)
- Polish People's Party (4)
- Centre for Poland (1)
- Union of European Democrats (1)
- Independent (1)
- The Left (9)
- New Left (5)
- Left Together (2)
- Polish Socialist Party (1)
- Labour Union (1)
- Independents (4)
European Parliament
- Civic Coalition (21)
- Civic Platform (17)
- Polish Initiative (1)
- Independents (3)
- United Right (20)
- Law and Justice (18)
- United Poland (2)
- Confederation (6)
- Confederation (3)
- New Hope (2)
- Confederation of the Polish Crown (1)
- Third Way (3)
- Polish People's Party (2)
- Poland 2050 (1)
- The Left (3)
- New Left (3)
and
political movements
- Polish Coalition
- Confederation
- United Beyond Boundaries
- Better Poland
- Civic Initiative
- Christian Democracy of the Third Polish Republic
- Common Powiat
- Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement
- Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras
- Falanga
- First Self-Governance League
- Freedom and Equality
- Kashubian Association
- Labour Party
- League of Polish Families
- National Party of Retirees and Pensioners
- National Radical Camp (1993)*
- National Revival of Poland
- New Democracy - Yes
- Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy
- Organisation of the Polish Nation – Polish League
- Peasants' Party
- Piast Faction
- Polish Left
- Polish Pirate Party
- Polish Party of Animal Protection
- Polish Communist Party
- Real Politics Union
- Right Wing of the Republic
- Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland
- Self-Defence Rebirth
- Silesian Autonomy Movement*
- Silesian Regional Party*
- Silesian Separatist Movement*
- Socialist Alternative
- Solidarity*
- Slavic Union
- There is One Poland
- Workers' Democracy
- Freedomers
- German Minority****
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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Communist era |
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*: Zbigniew Ajchler
**: Piotr Adamowicz et al.,
***: Marek Biernacki
****: not currently registered as a party
- 2019 establishments in Poland
- Centre-left parties in Europe
- Civic Coalition (Poland)
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- Political parties established in 2019
- Political parties in Poland
- Pro-European political parties in Poland
- Liberal parties in Poland
- Progressive parties
- Social democratic parties in Poland
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