Europa Plus, formallyEuropa Plus Social Movement (Polish:Ruch Społeczny Europa Plus), was apro-Europeancentre-leftcoalition of parties inPoland, formed to contest the2014 European Parliament election. The alliance described itself as a "modern centre-left formation".[1]
The coalition was founded on 3 February 2013 by thePalikot's Movement,Social Democracy of Poland,Labour United,[2] theUnion of the Left and theReason Party. The project was led byMarek Siwiec (a former Vice President of theDemocratic Left Alliance and then-currentMEP),Aleksander Kwasniewski (a formerPresident of Poland and member of the Democratic Left Alliance) andJanusz Palikot.[3][4] However, on 15 June 2013, Labour United congress instead stated it would continue itsprevious coalition with the Democratic Left Alliance.[5][6] TheDemocratic Party – demokraci.pl later joined the alliance on 24 June 2013.[7] Other parties listed in the alliance's website are theDemocratic Party and thePolish Labour Party. The alliance's programme supported theintroduction of the Euro to Poland by January 2019, a new system ofhealth care in Poland and free Internet access for Polish citizens.[8] On 6 October 2013, Palikot's Movement was reorganised intoYour Movement.[citation needed] On 7 February 2014, the Union of the Left and Social Democracy of Poland exited the alliance.[9]
In the 2014 European election, Europa Plus received 3.58% of the vote, below the 5% threshold to elect any MEPs.[10] On 29 May 2014, it was announced that the alliance had been disbanded.[11]
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