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Democratic Union Unia Demokratyczna | |
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| Chairman | Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
| Founded | December 2, 1990 (parliamentary group)May 12, 1991 (party) |
| Dissolved | April 23, 1994 (1994-04-23) |
| Merger of | Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Forum of the Democratic Right |
| Split from | Solidarity Citizens' Committee |
| Merged into | Freedom Union |
| Ideology | Market liberalism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right[1] |
TheDemocratic Union (Polish:Unia Demokratyczna) was amarket liberalparty inPoland. The party was founded in 1991 byPrime Minister, Christian DemocratTadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of theCitizens' Movement for Democratic Action (Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna) and theForum of Right Democrats (Forum Prawicy Demokratycznej).
| Timeline ofPolishliberal parties after 1989 |
| •Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action /ROAD (1990–1991) •Liberal Democratic Congress /KLD (1990–1994) •Democratic Union /UD (1991–1994) •Freedom Union /UW (1994–2005) •Civic Platform (2001- ) •Democratic Party /PD (2005–2016) •Palikot's Movement /RP (2011–2013) •Your Movement /TR (2013–2023) •Modern/.N (2015– ) •Poland 2050 (2020- ) |
The party presented a staunchly market-liberal platform, and was described as socioeconomically and socioculturally right-wing.[1] Important members wereBronisław Geremek,Jacek Kuroń,Adam Michnik,Hanna Suchocka,Jan Rokita andAleksander Hall.
In 1994, the party merged with theLiberal Democratic Congress into theFreedom Union (Unia Wolności).
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 1991 | 1,382,051 | 12.32 (#1) | 62 / 460 |  13[2] | PC–ZChN–PSL-PL–SLCh(1991–1992) |
| UD–ZChN–PChD–KLD–PSL-PL–SLCh–PPPP(1992–1993) | |||||
| 1993 | 1,460,957 | 10.59 (#3) | 74 / 460 | 12 | SLD–PSL |
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| 1991 | 21 / 100 | PC–ZChN–PSL-PL–SLCh(1991–1992) | |
| UD–ZChN–PChD–KLD–PSL-PL–SLCh–PPPP(1992–1993) | |||
| 1993 | 4 / 100 |  17 | SLD–PSL |
Meanwhile, on the right, there was an absence of programmatic clarity on economic issues among most other post-Solidarity parties, and the Democratic Union (UD, later the Freedom Union, UW), was the only party with a consistent market-liberal platform. At the same time, for the other parties on the right, the socio-cultural and the cleavage with ex-communists were central.
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