Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 Polska 2050 Szymona Hołowni | |
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| Abbreviation | PL2050 |
| Chairman | Szymon Hołownia[1] |
| Vice-Chairman | Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz Adriana Porowska Paweł Zalewski Paulina Hennig-Kloska Joanna Mucha |
| Founder | Szymon Hołownia |
| Founded | 30 June 2020 (2020-06-30) |
| Registered | 7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) |
| Headquarters | ul. Warecka 8/67, 00-049Warsaw |
| Think tank | Strategy Institute 2050 |
| Youth wing | Generation 2050 |
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| Political position | Centre-right[4] |
| National affiliation | Third Way (2023-2025) Senate Pact 2023 (for2023 Senate election) |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
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| Sejm | 31 / 460 |
| Senate | 5 / 100 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 53 [a] |
| Regional assemblies | 22 / 552 |
| City presidents | 1 / 107 |
| Voivodes | 2 / 16 |
| Voivodeship Marshals | 0 / 16 |
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Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 (Polish:Polska 2050 Szymona Hołowni,PL2050) is acentre-rightpolitical party in Poland.
It was founded as a social movement in 2020, shortly after that year'spresidential election, and was officially registered as a political party in April 2021. In the years prior to the2023 Polish parliamentary election, eight MPs defected to Poland 2050 in theSejm. After its first national electoral test, the party finished in third place. Poland 2050 joined a rulingcoalition, with its leader Szymon Hołownia being chosen as Marshal of the Sejm. It is ideologicallyChristian democratic,liberal-conservative andsocially conservative.
The first indication that Szymon Hołownia planned to establish a social movement appeared in February 2020, when he led a campaign for the2020 presidential election.[5][6] Hołownia officially announced the formation of a new movement on 30 June 2020, two days after the first round of elections, in which he was placed 3rd with a result of less than 14% of votes.[7][8] The organisation was registered on 24 August 2020, and five days later it was officially introduced.[9] According to Szymon Hołownia, 20,000 people joined the movement.[10]
On 29 September 2020, Szymon Hołownia announced the creation of a political party associated with the movement, led by Michał Kobosko, whose registration (under the name "Poland 2050 by Szymon Hołownia") was filed with the District Court in Warsaw on 3 November 2020.[11]
In November 2020, the party gained its first MP in the Sejm:Hanna Gill-Piątek from theSpring party.[12] By the end of the year, the party got between 10 and 20 percent in opinion polls, which made it the third most popular party in Poland. By the end of the year, Gill-Piątek and Jacek Kozlowski became the party's Deputy Chair.[13]
On 8 January 2021, the party gained another representative in the Sejm (Joanna Mucha) and its first Senator (Jacek Bury). Both these members initially were members ofCivic Platform, which was the main party of theCivic Coalition.[14] On the same day, members of the Elk City Council and the Elk Poviat Council, including its chair Andrzej Wiszowaty, who were members of the local party Dobro Wspólne created the Poland 2020 Local Councillors club.[15]
In February 2021, yet another member of the Civic Coalition (Paulina Hennig-Kloska of theModern party) joined ranks of Poland 2050 in the Sejm.[16] This allowed the movement to create its own Sejm circle. In March, another MP joined the party, theIndependent politician and famous journalistTomasz Zimoch.[17]
On 7 April 2021, Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 officially registered as a political party.[18] Thirteen days later another member of Modern,Mirosław Suchoń, joined Poland 2050.[19] On 20 May 2021, a former member of the government andAgreement,Wojciech Maksymowicz, joined the party and its group in Sejm, after he was attacked by the government media of performing medical research using aborted fetuses.[20] On 28 October 2021Paweł Zalewski, an MP expelled fromCivic Platform due to his conservative stances joined PL2050.[21]
Poland 2050, through MEPRóża Thun, officially joined theRenew Europe group in theEuropean Parliament on 10 November 2021.[22]
Poland 2050 contested the2023 parliamentary election on 15 October 2023 with thePolish People's Party and other small parties (Agreement,Centre for Poland,Union of European Democrats) in theThird Way (Polish:Trzecia Droga,TD) alliance, where the alliance overperformed polls, earning 14.4% of the vote, 7.2% of which for PL2050. PL2050, as well as PSL, joined a coalition with theCivic Coalition andNew Left, creating theThird Cabinet of Donald Tusk, with Hołownia elected asMarshal of the Sejm. The alliance then performed in the April2024 local elections, earning 14.3% of the vote, but only increasing its vote share by 2.2pp relative to the2018 local elections, where the PSL already gained 12.1% by itself. In June, the alliance suffered a defeat in the2024 European Parliament election, gaining only 6.9% of the vote, well below polling predictions and only about half the result of theConfederation, despite polls having shown the two in close competition.
After the election in late 2023, the Third Way alliance consistently gained around 15% in opinion polls. However, its polling numbers began declining, with them only getting around 10% in 2024 and by 2025, in some polls it even failed to cross the 8%election threshold for coalitions. Hołownia was declared the TD's candidate for the2025 presidential election, announcing his candidacy on 13 November 2024,[23] and getting endorsed by the Polish People's Party on 14 December.[24] A small party in the alliance, the Union of European Democrats, would endorseRafał Trzaskowski of theCivic Coalition over Hołownia.[25]
In the run-up to the presidential election, the Polish People's Party began distancing itself from PL2050.[26] Ultimately, the party was severely weakened after Hołownia gained only 4.99% of the vote, greatly underperforming expectations.[27] The Third Way alliance broke apart two weeks later on 17 June.[28]
Following the election, election denialists, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk[29] attempted to have Szymon Hołownia block or postpone the inauguration ofKarol Nawrocki as president of Poland by calling an indefinite break during theNational Assembly (the joint session of theSejm andSenat), during Nawrocki's inauguration, after which the Marshal of the Sejm would serve asacting president.[30] Following Hołownia's refusal of the idea, pro-government outlets likeGazeta Wyborcza accused Hołownia of treason against theConstitution.[31]
Hołownia was further criticized by his coalition partners after a meeting with opposition leaders inAdam Bielan's house on 4 July, being accused of plotting the downfall of the coalition.[32] Polls indicated that 66% of Poles saw the meeting negatively, and 61% believed Hołownia was considering a coalition withLaw and Justice,[33] 76% thought Hołownia's party would collapse,[34] and that Hołownia himself reached 80% disapproval, with even 70% of supporters of his own party disapproving of him.[35]
Hołownia's position within the party weakened, with some party members losing confidence in him,[36] and posełsTomasz Zimoch andIzabela Bodnar,[37][38] as well as regional leaderJacek Bury, left the party.[39] According toRMF FM, several Poland 2050 posełs began procedures to change their party affiliation to PL2050's former partner, the Polish People's Party in October 2025.[40]
On 27 September, Hołownia announced his retirement from politics and that he would step down as party leader in January.[41] Since September 2025, the party has increasingly clashed with the governing coalition. On 30 September, the party endorsedKatarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz to enter theThird Cabinet of Donald Tusk as aDeputy Prime Minister. This was controversial in the party, with many party members preferring her internal rival,Paulina Hennig-Kloska. Regardless, Pełczyńska Nałęcz narrowly won both the votes in the party's parliamentary club (getting 16 votes to 14 for Hennig-Kloska) and the National Council (22 to 19).[42] The vote solidified the split between factions supportive of cooperation with Tusk (including Hennig-Kloska) and those seeking a confrontation with the Prime Minister (with Pełczyńska-Nałęcz).[43] The recommendation was also not within the coalition agreement signed by PL2050 and its allies, and Hołownia presented it as a condition for his agreed upon stepping down as "Sejm Marshal in rotation" for succession byWłodzimierz Czarzasty of theNew Left.[44] Hołownia was replaced by Czarzasty as Marshal of the Sejm on 18 November 2025, with Hołownia becoming a deputy Marshal.[45]
On 27 September, Hołownia announced that he would step down as party leader in January 2026, when the next leadership election would happen,[41] and applied for the role ofUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[46] An SW Research poll showed that 45.3% of Poles were against Hołownia's efforts for the UN position, while 17.6% were in favor.[47] According to Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, the party will remove the "Szymon Hołownia's" suffix from the party name after a change in the leadership.[48]
Joanna Mucha andRyszard Petru declared they would be contesting the leadership election.
Upon its foundation, the party was described by various sources to be positioned in thecentre,[53] or thecentre-right,[59] of the political spectrum. Its policies spanned from thecentre-left to thecentre-right.[60] It was also seen as acatch-all party.[61] However, by 2025, the party is consistently placed in the centre-right.[4] The party also adheres toeconomic liberalism "in continuity with the reforms ofBalcerowicz".[62]
PL2050 was seen to pursuegreen policies[66] whilst combining elements ofChristian democracy,liberalism, andsocial democracy.[67][68] However, after 2023 the party distanced itself from environmentalist causes and dropped its key green postulates.[69] The party has also been also described by some asconservative,[70] moderate-conservative,[71] and neo–Christian democratic.[72] It supports Poland's membership in the European Union.[73]
It believes that by 2050 at the latest, Poland should achievecarbon neutrality.[74] They have also stated support for theEuropean Green Deal.[75] Hołownia announced during the presidential campaign in 2020 that "miners should be protected, and not the mines". He declared that his presidency "will be the green presidency" and that "the natural environment is one of the priorities".[74]
In March 2021, the "Poland on the Green Trail" program was presented.[76] Its main objectives are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030, move away from coal by 2040 and achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. It has also proposed that the minister responsible for energy transformation should have the rank of deputy prime minister and head the Committee of the Council of Ministers fordecarbonization of the economy. A "green light" procedure would be introduced into the government's legislative process, which would block laws that increase emissions and have a negative impact on the climate.[76]
While described as environmentalist in 2023,[79] the party greatly toned down its rhetoric and proposals once coming to power.[69] The party distanced itself from the European Green Deal, stating that it is unacceptable in its current form.[80] It also dropped its proposal to introduce taxation on combustion cars. Political commentators noted that the pressure created by the2024 Polish farmers' protests as well as the conservatism of Polish People's Party contributed towards the decision of Poland 2050 to distance itself from environmentalist causes.[69]Clean Energy Wire wrote that "the shift of the Poland 2050 party, which started off with a progressive climate strategy... is particularly remarkable" and that "the rhetoric of the party’s leader Szymon Hołownia is striking in this regard, as it is highly reminiscent of far-right populists".[81]
The party aims for the Senate to become a "self-government chamber" in which, apart from elected senators, representatives of local governments at various levels would be represented: voivodeship marshals, city presidents, village heads and mayors.[82][83] It is also against thecentralization of Poland. Hołownia announced that he would act for the independence of judges and the independence of courts and the separation of the functions of the minister of justice and prosecutor general.[84][85] The movement calls for a relief for judges and the creation of "courts of first contact".[86] Hołownia supports the liquidation of the Church Fund.[87]
It supports the European Union, and strengthening relations with France and Germany.[88] Hołownia stated that "Poland should not look for enemies in foreign policy, but allies".[89]
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| No. | Image | Name | Tenure |
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| 1. |  | Szymon Hołownia | 30 June 2020 – present |
| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| 2025 | Szymon Hołownia | 978,901 | 4.99 (#5) | ||
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 2023 | Szymon Hołownia | 1,561,542 | 7.2 (#3) | 33 / 460 | New | PiS Minority (2023) |
| KO–PL2050–KP–NL (2023-present) | ||||||
| As part of theThird Way coalition, that won 65 seats in total. | ||||||
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Majority |
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| 2023 | Szymon Hołownia | 622,693 | 2.9 | 4 / 100 | New | KO–PL2050–KP–NL |
| As part of theSenate Pact 2023 coalition, that won 66 seats. | ||||||
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
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| 2024 | Szymon Hołownia | 813,238 | 6.91 (#4) | 1 / 53 | New | RE |
| As part of theThird Way coalition, that won 3 seats in total. | ||||||
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 2024 | Szymon Hołownia | 2,054,152 | 14.3 (#3) | 22 / 552 | New |
| As part ofThird Way, which won 80 seats in total. | |||||
"Rafal, win this election for us and change Poland," said Szymon Holownia, speaker of the Polish parliament and member of the Christian Democratic Poland 2050 party.
For example, Speaker Szymon Hołownia, leader of the socially conservative Poland 2050 (Renew), recently decided to postpone the debate on the bill to liberalise the abortion law until right after the local elections, which left-wing MP Paulina Matysiak called "pure opportunism". The conservative-leaning Hołownia-led Poland 2050 and the Polish People's Party (PSL, EPP), which cooperate within the Third Way alliance, are afraid to reveal their views to voters with local elections looming, she told Euractiv.
Explicitly centre-right parties: PL2050: Its full name is Polska 2050 Szymona Hołowni.618 Established by Szymon Hołownia in 2020 to run his presidential campaign, and made into a full-fledged political party in 2021.
But Szymon Hołownia, leader of the center-right Poland 2050 party, said Wednesday's confidence vote is only one element of what he called a "restart of hope" and should be followed by an "immediate renewal of the coalition agreement and a government reshuffle."
The other candidates in the fray are Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia of the centre-right Poland 2050 and Magdalena Biejat from the Left.
Szymon Holownia, the leader of the centre-right Poland 2050, said decisions had been made regarding government organisation, policy and an impending reshuffle.
If the exit poll is confirmed, the other candidates in the first round, including Mentzen from the far-right Confederation Party, Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia of the centre-right Poland 2050 and Magdalena Biejat from the Left, will be eliminated.
On Friday, Polish Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia, who is standing for president for the centre-right Poland 2050 party, itself a part of the governing coalition, said Trzaskowski had "until the end of the day to explain himself".
Tusk's centre-right allies from Poland 2050 called for the full renegotiation of the coalition agreement so they could enact "real change".
Szymon Hołownia, speaker of Poland's lower house and the presidential candidate representing two coalition government parties, his own centre-right Poland 2050 and the pro-farmer Polish People's Party (PSL), attends a meeting with local residents in Białystok.
Szymon Hołownia, the speaker of parliament, ran for the center-right Poland 2050 and took 4.99 percent of the vote, while Magdalena Biejat was the candidate of the Left, winning 4.23 percent.
Also competing are far-right candidate Slawomir Mentzen from the Confederation party, Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia of the centre-right Poland 2050 and Magdalena Biejat from the Left.
Also in the running are lower-house Speaker Szymon Hołownia, leader of the centre-right Poland 2050 group, as well as leftist politicians Małgorzata Biejat and Adrian Zandberg.
Podział klubu, jaki był widoczny w czasie głosowania nad kandydaturą na wicepremiera, sprawia, że trudno przesądzić, z kim warto będzie rozmawiać o ewentualnych układach wyborczych. 16 głosów dostała Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz a 14 Paulina Hennig-Kloska, która zgłosiła się w ostatniej chwili. To nie były głosy oddane na nią, ale przeciwko Katarzynie Pełczyńskiej-Nałęcz, która ma w klubie bardzo wielu przeciwników
Przypomnijmy: klub poparł Pełczyńską-Nałęcz stosunkiem głosów 16 do 14, a Rada Krajowa 22 do 19.
Given that PL2050 is not a successor party of KOS, it lacks the anticommunist fervour characteristic of many other Polish centre-right parties. That said, its economic liberalism is in continuity with the reforms of Balcerowicz and the party exhibits a religiosity typical of the Polish centre-right.
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