New Left Nowa Lewica | |
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| Leaders | |
| General Secretary | Marcin Kulasek |
| Founded | 9 July 1991 (as Democratic Left Alliance) 9 October 2021 (as New Left) |
| Registered | 27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | Złota 9, lok. 4 00-019Warsaw |
| Youth wing | Młoda Lewica |
| Membership(2023) | 25,703[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Social liberalism[2] Progressivism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre[3] tocentre-left[4] |
| National affiliation | The Left Senate Pact 2023 (for2023 Senate election) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | |
| Slogan | Serce mam po lewej 'My heart is on the left' |
| Sejm | 18 / 460 |
| Senate | 7 / 100 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 53 |
| Regional assemblies | 8 / 552 |
| City Presidents | 9 / 107 |
| Website | |
| lewica.org.pl | |
TheNew Left (Polish:Nowa Lewica,Polish pronunciation:[ˈnɔvalɛˈvi.t͡sa];NL) is asocial-democraticpolitical party in Poland.[7][8] It is positioned on thecentre[3] orcentre-left of the political spectrum.[4][9][10] Its leaders areWłodzimierz Czarzasty andRobert Biedroń.[11]
It was formed in 2021 as a merger of theDemocratic Left Alliance (SLD) andSpring, although the plans for the merger began in 2019.[12] It is a part ofThe Left coalition. It holdspro-European views.[4]
Spring and theDemocratic Left Alliance (SLD) initially cooperated in 2019 during theOctober 2019 parliamentary election, as part ofThe Left alliance. After the election, the plan to merge the two parties was announced.[13] As a consequence, in 2020, SLD changed its name tothe New Left as the new party was to be based on the structures of the alliance. However, further plans concerning merger were postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
On 11 June 2021, the Spring's general assembly voted in favour of dissolving the party in order to merge with the SLD.[14]
In the2023 Polish parliamentary election,The Left coalition technically participated as the New Left party, whose list included representatives ofLeft Together,Labour Union,Polish Socialist Party andSocial Democracy of Poland.[15][16] It joined the four-party coalition that nominatedDonald Tusk as its candidate for prime minister. It received four seats inTusk's cabinet, withKrzysztof Gawkowski as a deputy premier. It is the first time a left-wing party has been in government since the SLD'slast government was defeated in2005.[17][18]
| № | Portrait | Name | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) | Włodzimierz Czarzasty Co-chairman [19][20] | 9 October 2021 –present |
 | Robert Biedroń Co-chairman [19][20] |
The incumbent deputy leaders elected on 9 October 2021 are:[19][20]
| Election | Leader | Popular vote | % of votes | Seats | +/− | Government | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Robert Biedroń | 1,859,018 (#4) | 8.61 | 19 / 460 | New | PiS Minority (2023) | [21][22] |
| KO–PL2050–PSL–NL (2023–present) | |||||||
| As part ofThe Left coalition, which won 26 seats in total.[a] | |||||||
| Election | Leader | Popular vote | % of votes | Seats | +/− | Majority | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Robert Biedroń | 1,131,639 (#4) | 5.29 | 7 / 100 | New | KO–TD–L | [23] |
| As part ofThe Left coalition, which won 9 seats in total.[a] | |||||||
| Election | Leader | Popular vote | % of votes | Seats | +/− | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Robert Biedroń | 741,071 (#5) | 6.30 | 3 / 53 | New | [24] |
| As part ofThe Left coalition, which won 3 seats in total. | ||||||
| Election | Leader | Popular vote | % of votes | Seats | +/− | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Robert Biedroń | 911,430 (#5) | 6.32 | 7 / 552 | New | [25] |
| As part ofThe Left coalition, which won 8 seats in total. | ||||||
Listę ugrupowań o największej deklarowanej liczbie członków zamyka Nowa Lewica, czyli spadkobierca Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej i Wiosny Roberta Biedronia. Partia liczy sobie 25 703 członków.[The list of groupings with the largest declared number of members is closed by the New Left, the heir to the Democratic Left Alliance and Robert Biedroń's Spring. The party has 25,703 members.]
Osoba mająca poglądy lewicowe, mogła wybierać między centrową Nową Lewicą, skupiającą działaczy byłej Wiosny i SLD oraz nastawioną bardziej społecznie partią Razem, tak czy siak idące pod jednym szyldem.
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