Your Movement

Your Movement
Twój Ruch
Leader Janusz Palikot, Barbara Nowacka
Founded 1 June 2011 (RP)
6 October 2013 (TR)
Headquarters ul. Nowy Świat 39
00-029 Warsaw
Ideology Social liberalism[1]
Anti-clericalism[1]
Pro-Europeanism
Colours Orange and Blue
Sejm
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Website
http://twojruch.eu/

Your Movement (Polish: Twój Ruch, which can also be translated as Your Move[2] TR) is a political party in Poland. The party was founded by Janusz Palikot, a former Civic Platform MP, in October 2010[3] as Palikot's Movement (Polish: Ruch Palikota, RP). The party adopted its current name and programme on 6 October 2013.[2][4]

History

In July 2010, Palikot – then still a member of Civic Platform (PO) – suggested that the late President Lech Kaczyński was himself to blame for the Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, Russia. In the aftermath of the resulting controversy, Palikot announced plans to create his own social movement.[5] On 2 October he organized the "Modern Poland" congress in Warsaw, attended by several thousand. At the congress, Palikot announced his 15-point program.[6] On 6 October, Palikot resigned from PO,[7] along with Kazimierz Kutz.

On 9 January 2011, Palikot gave his MP ID card to the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity to be auctioned off.[8]

On 1 June 2011, Palikot formally registered his movement as a political party called Palikot's Movement (RP).

In the October 2011 parliamentary election, the party received 10 percent of the vote and won 40 seats in the Sejm,[9] making it the third party in the chamber behind Civic Platform and Law and Justice (PiS), one of the best debut performances for a party since the end of communism.[10] After the election, one of the MPs of Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Sławomir Kopyciński, decided to leave his party and join Palikot's Movement.[11]

Anna Grodzka, the first ever transsexual MP in European history, was elected from the party lists in 2011.[12] Also, Robert Biedroń became the first openly gay MP in Polish political history. One parliamentarian, Roman Kotliński, is a former priest of the Catholic Church.

On 8 March 2012, Łukasz Gibała, head of the Cracow structures of the governing PO, joined Palikot's Movement, becoming the 43rd MP of the party. His transfer was somewhat significant in that he is the nephew of the Minister of Justice Jarosław Gowin.

On 3 February 2013, Palikot's Movement and Racja PL started collaboration with Social Democracy of Poland, Labour United and Union of the Left to form an electoral alliance named Europa Plus to contest the upcoming European Parliament elections.[13][14] The project was led by Marek Siwiec, Aleksander Kwasniewski and Janusz Palikot.

On 6 May 2013 Palikot's Movement registered its first local party committee abroad, which had been formed by Poles residing in Brussels, Belgium.[15]

On 25 May 2014, in the 2014 European election, Europa Plus received 3.6% of the vote, below the 5% electoral threshold, thus failed to elect any MEPs.[4][16] On 29 May 2014 Europa Plus was disbanded.[17]

On 6 October 2013 the party was renamed and refounded as Your Movement (TR).[2]

In July 2015 TR and the SLD, Labour United (UP) and The Greens (PZ) formed the United Left (ZL) electoral alliance to contest the upcoming parliamentary election.[18][19]

In the 2015 parliamentary election 25 October 2015, the United Left list was led by Your Movement's Barbara Nowacka and received only 7.6% of the vote, below the 8% threshold, leaving TR without parliamentary representation.

Ideology

Sources described Palikot's Movement as liberal,[20][21] anti-clerical,[20][21][22] and pro-European.[23] Media variously described Palikot's Movement as libertarian,[24][25] liberal,[26][27][28] anti-clerical,[29] populist[30][31] and left-wing.[32][33] The British Financial Times newspaper described the economic views of the Palikot's Movement membership as heterogenous, ranging from libertarianism to social democracy.[34]

Palikot's Movement wanted to end religious education in state schools, end state subsidies of churches, legalize abortion on demand, lower the voting age to 16,[35] give out free condoms,[36] allow same-sex marriages,[3] switch to the mixed-member proportional representation system, reform the Social Security Agency, abolish the Senate,[37] legalize cannabis[38] and implement flat taxes.[39]

Your Movement has been described as social-liberal, anti-clerical and pro-European.[40]

References

  1. 1 2 Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". parties-and-elections.eu. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gowin, Palikot form new political groups". wbj.pl. Warsaw Business Journal. October 7, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "10 percent support for rebel MP’s party?". TheNews.pl (Polskie Radio). 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. 1 2 Tom Lansford (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. SAGE Publications. pp. 4973–4974. ISBN 978-1-4833-7155-9.
  5. ↑ Wybranowski, Wojciech. "Wirtualny Ruch Poparcia Janusza Palikota". rp.pl.
  6. ↑ Gądek, Jacek. "Kabaret eksperymentalny Janusza P. z biskupami pasibrzuchami w tle". onet.pl.
  7. ↑ Palikot, Janusz. "I Resign (Janusz Palikot's blog)".
  8. ↑ "Palikot przed kamerami oddaje legitymację poselską na aukcję WOŚP". gazeta.pl. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  9. ↑ Elena Semenova; Michael Edinger; Heinrich Best (13 December 2013). Parliamentary Elites in Central and Eastern Europe: Recruitment and Representation. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-317-93533-9.
  10. ↑ "Elections 2011 - Election results". National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  11. ↑ "Poseł Kopyciński z SLD przeszedł do Ruchu Palikota" (in Polish). .dziennik.pl. 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  12. ↑ "Transgender woman poised for seat in Poland's new parliament". .telegraph.co.uk. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  13. ↑ http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/23648/news
  14. ↑ http://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/palikot-rp-i-sdpl-razem-do-europarlamentu,304143.html
  15. ↑ "Tak sie zmienia swiat". blog pl. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  16. ↑ "Pkw | Pkw". Pe2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  17. ↑ Veröffentlicht von Lars Leschewitz. "Bündnis Europa Plus am Ende". Polen-heute.de. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  18. ↑ http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/214270,Polish-left-to-unite-for-general-election
  19. ↑ http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/215243,United-Left-to-unveil-programme-in-midAugust
  20. 1 2 Corrine Deloy (2012). "A Summary of Political and Legal Europe". In Thierry Chopin; Foundation Schuman; Michel Foucher. Schuman Report on Europe: State of the Union 2012. Springer. p. 119. ISBN 978-2-8178-0318-0. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  21. 1 2 Roger Schoenman (2014). Networks and Institutions in Europe's Emerging Markets. Cambridge University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-107-03134-0.
  22. ↑ Wayne C. Thompson (2012). Nordic, Central and Southeastern Europe 2012. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-61048-891-4. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  23. ↑ Wayne C. Thompson (2013). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2013. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-4758-0489-8.
  24. ↑ "From goggle box to ballot box". The Economist. Sep 27, 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  25. ↑ "Palikot's surprise". Warsaw Business Journal. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  26. ↑ Borowski, Chris (Oct 10, 2011). "Liberal maverick to push for secular Poland after win". Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  27. ↑ http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/56350,Palikot-moves-into-third-in-race-for-parliament
  28. ↑ http://www.wbj.pl/article-61566-palikot-founds-europa-plus-movement.html
  29. ↑ "Anti-Clerical protest in Gdansk". .demotix.com. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  30. ↑ Kulish, Nicholas (10 Oct 2011), "Provocateur’s Strong Showing Is a Sign of a Changing Poland", New York Times, retrieved 13 Oct 2011
  31. ↑ A glance at main parties in Poland's elections, Associated Press (AP), 9 Oct 2011, retrieved 13 Oct 2011
  32. ↑ AP: Polish PM Begins Building New Government After Win
  33. ↑ Gera, Vanessa (Oct 7, 2011). "AP Interview: New Polish party on the rise". The Associated Press. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  34. ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/681003bc-355a-11e1-84b9-00144feabdc0.html
  35. ↑ https://ruchpalikota.org.pl/popieram-poselskie-projekty-ustaw-ruchu-palikota
  36. ↑ Strybel, Rob (3 October 2010). "Polish maverick MP launches anti-clerical party". Reuters. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  37. ↑ "Modern Poland's postulates on their website" (PDF) (in Polish). January 15, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  38. ↑ http://wolnekonopie.pl/idealistka/relacje-z-akcji/771.html
  39. ↑ "What does Palikot's big win mean for Poland?". Warsaw Business Journal. 10 Mon, Oct 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  40. ↑ Adam Jarosz (2015). "Regionale politische Kulture in Polen". In Nikolaus Werz; Martin Koschkar. Regionale politische Kultur in Deutschland: Fallbeispiele und vergleichende Aspekte. Springer-Verlag. p. 284. ISBN 978-3-658-10468-9.

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