The Fourth Polish Republic ( pl, IV Rzeczpospolita or ''IV RP'') was a plan for moral revolution and political change put forth in 1997 by the Polish conservative philosopher Rafał Matyja in the magazine "Nowe Państwo" ("New Country"). "Fourth Republic" was a political
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used by the
right-wing populist
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Law and Justice
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(PiS) party in the
2005 Polish parliamentary election
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.
According to PiS, the current
Third Polish Republic
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Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
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* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
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is a post-communist creation whose very foundations must be changed to create a truly democratic state free of its past.
“IV RP”, along with its derivative, “V RP” (''Fifth Polish Republic''), has also been used by critics to satirize the concept of unnecessary constitutional changes made for arbitrary reasons.
See also
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2015 Polish presidential election
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2015 Polish parliamentary election
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References
''Polish nationalism resurgent'' from the BBCthe project of constitution IV RP made by Prawo i Sprawiedliwość(document in polish)
Conservatism in Poland
History of Poland (1989–present)
Political catchphrases
Polish Republic, Fourth
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