United Right (Poland)

The United Right (Polish: Zjednoczona Prawica) is an informal conservative political alliance in Poland, currently between Law and Justice, United Poland and the Agreement.[11][12][13][14] After some internal disputes the alliance was renewed in 2019.[15]

United Right

Zjednoczona Prawica
AbbreviationZP
LeaderJarosław Kaczyński
PresidentAndrzej Duda (President of Poland)
Founded11 July 2014 (2014-07-11)
IdeologyNational conservatism
Euroscepticism
Solidarism[1]
Statism[2][3][4]
Anti-Germanism[5][6][7]
Internal factions:
Right-wing populism
Liberal conservatism
Corporate solidarism
Agrarianism
Paternalistic conservatism[8][9][10]
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists
ColoursBlue
Sejm
235 / 460
Senate
48 / 100
European Parliament
27 / 52
Regional assemblies
254 / 552

The alliance has been in power since the 2015 elections. It is opposed by the Civic Coalition, led by Civic Platform.[16][17]

Beginning in 2014, the alliance initially was in the form of a parliamentary club in the Sejm called Just Poland (alternatively translated as Fair Poland; Polish: Sprawiedliwa Polska) formed by politicians of Poland Together and United Poland. They then agreed to co-operate with the Law and Justice party (the Piast Faction were already incorporated with them) and joined Law and Justice's parliamentary club and electoral lists that same year, in time for the 2014 local elections and the 2015 parliamentary elections. The composition of the alliance has since changed over time as parties joined and left the alliance.

Internal factions

Law and Justice is divided into many internal factions, but they can be grouped into three main blocks.[18][19][20][21][22]

Order of the Centre Agreement is unofficial name of the most influential, although not the most numerous fraction of PiS. Its leader is Jarosław Kaczyński, main members are Joachim Brudziński, Adam Lipiński and Mariusz Błaszczak. It's economically left wing[23] Second of PiS' groups is radical, religious and hard eurosceptic right-wing faction focused around Antoni Macierewicz, Beata Szydło and United Poland party of Zbigniew Ziobro. The faction stays in opposition to Mateusz Morawiecki, opts for radical reforms and is supported by Jacek Kurski and Tadeusz Rydzyk.

Third faction is christian democratic, republican and conservative liberal group focused around Mateusz Morawiecki, Łukasz Szumowski, Jacek Czaputowicz and Agreement of Jarosław Gowin. It is supported by Jarosław Kaczyński, but not by all Centre Agreement faction.

There is also small presidential faction of Andrzej Duda.

Composition

Current
Name Years Ideology Position Leader MPs Senators MEPs Sejmiks
Law and Justice 2014– National conservatism,
solidarism		 Right-wing Jarosław Kaczyński
196 / 460
44 / 100
24 / 52
213 / 552
Agreement 2017– Liberal conservatism, economic liberalism Centre-right to right-wing Jarosław Gowin
16 / 460
2 / 100
0 / 52
19 / 552
United Poland 2014– Solidarism, social conservatism Right-wing to far-right Zbigniew Ziobro
18 / 460
2 / 100
2 / 52
19 / 552
Piast Faction 2014– Agrarianism, Christian democracy Centre-right to right-wing Zdzisław Podkański
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 52
1 / 552
Independents 2020– n/a n/a Jadwiga Emilewicz
Kamil Bortniczuk
2 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552

Former
Name Years Ideology Position Leader
(at the time)		 Reasons for leaving
Right Wing of the Republic 2015–2017 Political Catholicism, conservatism, anti-abortion movement Right-wing Marek Jurek Political disagreement
Republican Party 2017–2019 Political Catholicism, republicanism Right-wing Marek Wróbel Party disbanded
Poland Together 2014–2017 Liberal conservatism Centre-right Jarosław Gowin Merged into new Agreement party
Free and Solidary 2018–2019 Solidarism, anti-communism Right-wing Kornel Morawiecki Disagreements over electoral lists and foreign policy towards Russia. Party disbanded in 2020.

See also

References
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