Polish People's Party Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | |
---|---|
Leader | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz |
Founded | 1895 (original form) 1990 (current form) |
Merger of |
|
Preceded by | United People's Party |
Headquarters | ul. Kopernika 36/40, 00-924 Warsaw |
Membership (2023) | 73,222[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right Historical: Left-wing[3][4][5] |
National affiliation | Polish Coalition Senate Pact 2023 (for 2023 Senate election) Third Way |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party |
Colours | |
Anthem | "Rota" |
Sejm | 28 / 460 [6] |
Senate | 4 / 100 |
European Parliament | 2 / 53 |
Regional assemblies | 58 / 552 |
City presidents | 1 / 107 |
Voivodes | 2 / 16 |
Voivodeship Marshals | 2 / 16 |
Website | |
www | |
Part of a series on |
Agrarianism in Poland |
---|
The Polish People's Party (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in Poland.[7] It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although its name was changed to the present one in 1903. During the Second Polish Republic, the Polish People's Party was represented by a number of parties that held its name. They were all supportive of agrarian policies, although they spanned from the left-wing to the centre-right on the political spectrum. It was reformed to the People's Party shortly after the Sanacja regime took power. It took part into the formation of Polish government-in-exile during the World War II, and after the war it was again reformed into the Polish People's Party, and soon after into the United People's Party. During the existence of the Polish People's Republic, it was seen as a satellite party of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party that promoted rural interests. After the fall of communism, it participated in the governments led by the Democratic Left Alliance. In the mid-2000s, it began shifting more to the centre-right and it adopted more conservative policies. It entered in the government again following the 2007 parliamentary election, and since 2015 it has served in the opposition.
Today, it is positioned in the centre[8] and leans towards the centre-right;[9][10][11] besides holding agrarian and conservative views,[12][13][14] it is also Christian democratic,[15][16][17] and supports Poland's membership in the European Union.[18] It currently has 19 seats in the Sejm and two seats in the Senate. On national level, it heads the Polish Coalition; further, on European level, it is a part of the European People's Party.
W statystykach najsilniejsze jest Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, które w swojej historii odwołuje się do XIX-wiecznego ruchu agrarnego. Obecnie partia liczy 73 222 członków.[In terms of statistics, the strongest is the Polish People's Party, which refers to the 19th century agrarian movement in its history. The party currently has 73 222 members."]
Po trzecie Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe było partią sytuującą się na lewicy sceny politycznej. Wyważone elementy programu, nawiązujące do ideologii socjalizmu agrarnego, (...)[Thirdly, the Polish People's Party was a party positioned on the left of the political scene. The balanced elements of its programme, referring to the ideology of agrarian socialism, (...)]
PSL is technically a left-wing party, representing an agrarian socialist agenda, although it is also known for its social conservatism and is the oldest political party in Poland, dating back to before the communist regime. Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, PSL was often a member of the ruling coalition with SLD. However, the coalition between SLD and PSL broke down during the 4th Parliamentary Session (2004), and since that time, the party has shifted to the center.
Polish Peasant Party (PSL): Left-wing party competing with Samoobrona for support in the rural community.
Przyjmując kryterium ideologiczno-programowe, J. Sielski zalicza Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe do grupy partii centrowych o orientacji ludowej. Biorąc pod uwagę ideologię, to można je zaliczyć do partii agrarnych. Na scenie w ostatnich latach ludowcy byli zdecydowanie na lewej stronie. Niekiedy zalicza się PSL do partii postpeerelowskich, gdyż przejęło ono znaczną część członków i majątek po ZSL.[Adopting the ideological and programmatic criterion, J. Sielski classifies the Polish People's Party as a centrist party with a folk orientation. Taking ideology into account, it can be classified as an agrarian party. But on the political scene in last years, the People's Party had been definitely on the left. The PSL is sometimes categorised as a post-communist party, as it took over a significant proportion of members and assets from the ZSL.]
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha>
tags or {{efn}}
templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
template or {{notelist}}
template (see the help page).