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Polish Initiative

Inicjatywa Polska
Polish Initiative Inicjatywa Polska
Leader	Barbara Nowacka
Founded	20 February 2016; 8 years ago
Registered	2019
Split from	Your Movement; Democratic Left Alliance;
Headquarters	Warsaw
Ideology	Social liberalism; Social democracy; Progressivism; Pro-Europeanism;
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Civic Coalition ; Senate Pact 2023 (for 2023 Senate election)
European Parliament group	European People's Party Group
Colours	Red; White;
Sejm	2 / 460
Senate	0 / 100
European Parliament	1 / 53
Regional Assemblies	2 / 552
City Presidents	1 / 107
Website
	ipl.org.pl
	Politics of Poland; Political parties; Elections;

The Polish Initiative (Polish: Inicjatywa Polska [i.ɲi.t͡sjaˈtɘ.va ˈpɔl.ska], iPL) is a progressive political party in Poland. It was formed as an association in 2016, and was registered as a political party in 2019. Its leader is Barbara Nowacka, and it is a part of the Civic Coalition. It supports principles of social liberalism, social democracy and secularism. It has been described as centre-right,^[1] centrist,^[2] centre-left^[3] or left-wing.^[4]

History

The association Polish Initiative was created on February 20, 2016,^[5] by Barbara Nowacka, a former member of the Your Movement and the United Left electoral alliance for the 2015 parliamentary election.^[6] It was registered as a political party in 2019.^[7]

In 2018, the Initiative joined the Civic Coalition for the local elections. Two of its candidates were elected to the Voivodeship sejmiks.

The association joined the European Coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election.^[8] However, because of being in the process of the registration as a political party, its members did not compete in the election.^[9]

The party joined the Civic Coalition for the 2019 parliamentary election. Two of the party candidates, including its leader Barbara Nowacka and two candidates recommended by the party, were elected to the Sejm. The Coalition won 134 in total, losing to the ruling party Law and Justice.^[10]

The Polish Initiative supported the Civic Coalition's candidate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in the 2020 presidential election. Later, the Polish Initiative announced that it would as a party not take part in the election on 10 May, due to change of electoral rules because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] However, after the election was moved it supported Rafał Trzaskowski, who became the Civic Coalition's candidate after the resignation of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska. Trzaskowski later lost in the second round to the incumbent Andrzej Duda.^[12]

Ideology

The Polish Initiative is a progressive,^[13] social liberal,^[14] and social-democratic party.^[15] It sits on the centre-right,^[1] centrist,^[2] centre-left^[3] or left-wing on the political spectrum.^[4]

The party supports the decentralisation of power and increasing the power of local governments. It also supports European integration. On social issues, it is against any forms of discrimination, with an emphasis on gender discrimination. The party also advocates for the separation of church and state.^[16] The party also supports increasing the funding of the Polish healthcare system.^[6]

Election results

Presidential

Election year	Candidate	1st round		2nd round
Election year	Candidate	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2020	supported Rafał Trzaskowski	5,917,340	30.5 (#2)	10,018,263	48.9 (#2)

Sejm

Election year	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2019	Barbara Nowacka	113,278	0.6	6 / 460	New	PiS
2019	As part of Civic Coalition, which won 134 seats in total.
2023	Barbara Nowacka	252,021	1.2	4 / 460	2
						PiS Minority (2023)
						KO–PL2050–PSL–NL (2023-present)
	As part of Civic Coalition, which won 157 seats in total.