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It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. Parties included in this scheme do not necessarily label themselves as "liberal". Currently the Civic Platform is the largest conservative liberal political party in Poland. Contents 1 Background 1.1 From Union of Real Politics to Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic–Liberty and Hope 2 Citizens's Movement-Democratic Action 2.1 From Democratic Union to Modern 3 Leaders 3.1 Social liberal 3.2 Conservative liberal 4 See also 5 External links Background[edit] Liberalism in Poland gained in significance during Polish Renaissance, but subsequently it lost its followers in the era of counterreformation, which in Poland was not free of violence. Since then, it remained a minor political force. Liberalism in Poland is often connected with conservative politics and is reduced to economic policy. Classical liberals, liberal both on social and economic issues, exist in Poland in dispersed small groups. From Union of Real Politics to Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic–Liberty and Hope[edit] 1990: In 1979 Janusz Korwin-Mikke activist of official Democratic Party published his political agenda. His main idea was to introduce laissez-faire market economy in Poland. The proposed solution was to sign a deal with class of ruling communists, transforming their share in power into share in business. In 1990 a new party Union of Real Politics (Unia Polityki Realnej) was officially proclaimed. 2005: Janusz Korwin-Mikke founded another party: Freedom and Rule of Law (Wolność i Praworządność), which was connected with a strong conservative social stance. 2011: WiP merged with the part of Union of Real Politics to form Congress of the New Right (Kongres Nowej Prawicy). 2012: Union of Real Politics with nationalist associations formed the far-right National Movement (Ruch Narodowy) 2015: After the leadership change in Congress of the New Right, Janusz Korwin-Mikke founded a right-libertarian KORWiN. National Movement, Union of Real Politics and a part of the Congress of the New Right got involved into right-wing populist Paweł Kukiz's movement (Kukiz'15), proclaiming economic liberalism and protection of civil liberties. 2016: National Movement left Kukiz'15 and ended cooperation with Union of Real Politics. Citizens's Movement-Democratic Action[edit] 1990: Liberal supporters of the Solidarity Trade Union around Zbigniew Bujak, Władysław Frasyniuk, and Adam Michnik founded the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action (Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna/ROAD). 1991: A left-wing faction led by Bujak forms the Democratic Social Movement (Ruch Demokratyczno Społeczny) and the rest of the party merged into the Democratic Union (Unia Demokratyczna/UD). From Democratic Union to Modern[edit] 1991: Liberal and Catholic intellectuals founded the Democratic Union (Unia Demokratyczna), absorbing later that year the Forum of Democratic Right and the ⇒ Citizens Movement-Democratic Action. The party is led by Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Bronisław Geremek. 1994: The party merged with the Liberal Democratic Congress into the Freedom Union (Unia Wolności) 2001: A right-wing faction created the conservative liberal Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska), which was led by Donald Tusk 2005: On the basis of the Freedom Union the Democratic Party (Partia Demokratyczna) is formed. 2006: Democratic Party formed a coalition Left and Democrats (Lewica i Demokraci) with the leftist parties: Democratic Left Alliance, Social Democracy of Poland and Labour Union. Opponents of the centre-left coalition split into defunct Forum Liberalne. 2008: Democratic Party left the centre-left coalition. 2015: Liberal economist Ryszard Petru founded centrist and pro-European Modern (Nowoczesna), organizing mainly nonpartisans and former activists of Freedom Union, Democratic Party and Civic Platform. 2016: A part of a centrist and social liberal faction of the Civic Platform split into association European Democrats, which merged itself with Democratic Party and formed a new pro-European and liberal party Union of European Democrats. 2018: Civic Platform and Modern, together with minor centre-left organisations, formed centrist Civic Coalition. 2019: Union of European Democrats joined christian democratic Polish Coalition, led by Polish People's Party. Leaders[edit] Social liberal[edit] Ewa Kopacz Janusz Palikot Andrzej Olechowski Leszek Balcerowicz Władysław Frasyniuk Mateusz Kijowski Rafał Trzaskowski (Mayor of Warsaw) Ryszard Petru Conservative liberal[edit] Stanisław Michalkiewicz Robert Iwaszkiewicz Michał Marusik Jacek Wilk Bartosz Józwiak See also[edit] History of Poland Politics of Poland List of political parties in Poland Anarchism in Poland Communism in Poland Far-right politics in Poland Citizens of Poland (movement) External links[edit] Website of Polish initiative "Liberalowie" Website of "Liberte"- magazine of centrist and liberal ideology v t e Liberalism in Europe Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom States with limited recognition Abkhazia Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies and other entities Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liberalism_in_Poland&oldid=993399609" Categories: Liberalism by country Politics of Poland Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from October 2007 All articles lacking sources Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Add links This page was last edited on 10 December 2020, at 12:13 (UTC). 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