Poland Together Polska Razem | |
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| Leader | Jarosław Gowin |
| Vice Chairmen | Adam Bielan Marek Zagórski Jadwiga Emilewicz Marcin Ociepa |
| Founded | 7 December 2013 |
| Dissolved | 4 November 2017 |
| Merger of | Poland Comes First Conservative People's Party |
| Split from | Civic Platform Law and Justice |
| Preceded by | Poland Comes First |
| Merged into | Agreement |
| Headquarters | ul. Piękna 3/8 00-539Warszawa |
| Youth wing | Młoda Prawica |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[1] Soft Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-right[2] |
| National affiliation | United Right |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists |
| Colours | Green,Blue |
| Website | |
| polskarazem | |
Poland Together (Polish:Polska Razem, PR or PRZP), formallyPoland Together United Right (Polska Razem Zjednoczona Prawica), was aconservative-liberal[3]political party in Poland. The party was founded on 7 December 2013 by formerMinister of Justice andCivic Platform memberJarosław Gowin and members ofcentre-right political partiesPoland Comes First[4] andConservative People's Party.
Between 2013 and 2014, it had four members of the European Parliament:Adam Bielan,independent politician, initially fromLaw and Justice party,Paweł Kowal andMarek Migalski, who both joined fromPoland Comes First, andArtur Zasada, who joined from Civic Platform. They sat in theEuropean Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) parliamentary group.
In the2015 presidential election, PR supported the victoriousLaw and Justice candidate forPresident of Poland,Andrzej Duda. Politics of Poland Together join the election lists underLaw and Justice in2015 Polish parliamentary election and gained 8 seats inSejm and 6 inSenat. After the elections, some local politicians were elected to parliament, 4 regional leaders of party obtained seats in regional councils (sejmiks), totataling in 12. President of Poland TogetherJarosław Gowin became the deputy prime minister, and minister of Science and Higher Education, Piotr Dardziński became deputy minister of Gowin's ministry, Jadwiga Emilewicz became deputy minister of Development,Marek Zagórski became deputy minister of National Treasure, Adam Bielan was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Senate.
In October 2017, Gowin announced that at its next congress, PR would dissolve into a new party including elements from the Republican Association, libertarian activists and local government.[5] Shortly after this announcement, independent MPMagdalena Błeńska[6] and SenatorJózef Zając[7] joined the party. At the congress on 4 November, PR officially dissolved and joined the newAgreement party.[8]
| Election | # of votes | % of vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,711,687 | 37.6 (#1) | 8 / 460 | New | PiS-led Coalition |
| As a part of a coalition withLaw and Justice, which won 235 seats in total.[9] | |||||
| Election | # of votes | % of vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 223,733 | 3.34 (#8) | 0 / 51 | New | – |
