Modern (political party)
Modern .Nowoczesna | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Ryszard Petru |
| Founded | May 2015 |
| Ideology |
Liberalism[1] Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Sejm |
29 / 460 |
| Senate |
0 / 100 |
| European Parliament |
0 / 51 |
| Regional assemblies |
0 / 555 |
| Website | |
|
www | |
Modern (Polish: Nowoczesna, styled as .Nowoczesna), is a liberal political party in Poland founded in late May 2015 by the economist Ryszard Petru.
The party received 7.6% of votes in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election,[2] which resulted in winning 28 seats in Sejm. Paweł Kobyliński, elected to the Sejm from Kukiz'15's electoral list moved to Modern's parliamentary group in December 2015, thus the party now has 29 seats.
Formation
The movement was founded in late May 2015 as NowoczesnaPL (ModernPL) by economist Ryszard Petru.[3] Due to some controversy over its name – there had already been a non-governmental organization called Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska (Modern Poland Foundation)[4] – in August 2015, the movement's name was changed to .Modern (.Nowoczesna).[5] Around the same time, the party's new logo was presented, and Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz became its spokesperson.[6]
Election results
Sejm
| Election year | Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
Number of overall seats won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,155,370[2] | 7.6 (#4)[2] | 28 / 460 |
References
- ↑ Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
- 1 2 3 "PKW: PiS zdobyło 37,58 proc. głosów. Wchodzi pięć partii, lewica poza Sejmem" (in Polish). TVN24. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ ""Ciepła woda w kranie jest w Kijowie". Ryszard Petru obiecuje likwidację przywilejów" (in Polish). TVN24. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "Nowoczesna.pl to plagiat? Fundacja protestuje przeciw zawłaszczaniu jej nazwy" (in Polish). wpolityce.pl. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "Nowoczesna bez "PL", ale z kwadratową kropką. Ugrupowanie Petru zmienia wizerunek" (in Polish). TVN24. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "Nowoczesna z nowym rzecznikiem, logo i "jedynką"". Newsweek Polska (in Polish). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
