Liberty and Lawfulness ( pl, Wolność i Praworządność), abbreviated to WiP, was a short-lived political party in

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, legally formed on 30 December 2009 and discontinued by the State Board of Elections on 6 October 2010. It was composed of conservatives,

libertarians Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's enc ...

, and

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. The party was led by

Janusz Korwin-Mikke Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke (; born 27 October 1942), also known by his initials JKM or simply as Korwin, is a Polish far-right politician, paleolibertarian and author. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2018. He was the ...

, "an electoral failure since 20 years ago", wrote ''

Dziennik Gazeta Prawna ''Dziennik Gazeta Prawna'' ( Polish: ''Daily Legal Newspaper''; abbreviation: DGP) is a Polish legal and business daily newspaper, headquartered in Warsaw and published from Monday to Friday. The paper focuses on law, taxes and finances. The publ ...

'' magazine.

Background

After the dismemberment of ''Wolność i Praworządność'', its former members joined an electoral alliance with Korwin-Mikke's former party, the

Real Politics Union The Real Politics Union ( pl, Unia Polityki Realnej, UPR) is a national conservative and economically liberal political party in Poland. In the past it was right-libertarian and classical liberal. Popular support and funding UPR was founded in ...

(UPR). On 25 March 2011, the party was formally registered with the Real Politics Union with the name change. The new party, first called 'Real Politics Union - Liberty and Lawfulness', was renamed to

Congress of the New Right The Congress of the New Right ( pl, Kongres Nowej Prawicy, Nowa Prawica or just KNP) is an economically libertarian, socially conservative and Eurosceptic list of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. The party was founded on ...

on 12 May 2011. Its leader, Korwin-Mikke declared that "invalids are similar to women with pimples who try not to leave their homes," informed ''Nowy Ekran'' SA.

References

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