Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (born 17 May 1962) is a Polish politician of the

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who was elected in May 2014 as a

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(MEP).

Biography

Originally a non-inscrit in the EP, he joined the

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(EFDD) on 20 October 2014. The EFDD had briefly ceased to exist when

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left the group since it no longer had representatives from seven countries as the EP rules require. Upon Iwaszkiewicz joining, group leader

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stated "To paraphrase Mark Twain 'Rumours of our death have been greatly exaggerated.'" as the group again had members from the required seven countries. The three other members of KNP remained non-inscrits. Iwaszkiewicz cited UKIP's support for free market economy and fight against EU bureaucracy as reasons for joining the group. He is a former member of the UPR and KNP. In 2015 he was co-founder of

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party

. He is a member of the

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. Member of the Organization of Polish Monarchists. He is an individual member of the Extreme-Right European political party Alliance of European National Movements.

References

1962 births Living people Congress of the New Right politicians MEPs for Poland 2014–2019 Polish monarchists Non-Inscrits MEPs Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy MEPs Politicians from Wrocław {{Poland-MEP-stub