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(2012–2014)

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led by

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. It was founded in 2012, as the Catholic-nationalist split from the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...

, with whom they later formed the United Right alliance in 2014.

Ideology

The party has been described as

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, and Catholic-nationalist. It is also staunchly Social conservatism, socially conservative. It is opposed to abortion and euthanasia, and supports extending maternity leave to nine months. It is Euroscepticism, eurosceptic, Anti-LGBT and its staunch opposition to same-sex marriage was cited as a main reason it left the ECR group in the European Parliament in 2012. It has also been described as Right-wing populism, right-wing populist mainly due to their opposition to immigration. It has been described as Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right. In its 2013 program, United Poland called for the government intervention in the economy, especially tax policy. The party has called for a 'fat cat' tax on big companies, including supermarkets, and backs higher taxes on those who earn over 10,000 złotych (€2,400) a month. In 2022, United Poland called for tougher Offending religious feelings (Poland), blasphemy laws in Poland, such as three-year jail terms for insulting church or interrupting Mass.

History

After Ziobro and fellow MEPs Tadeusz Cymański and Jacek Kurski were ejected from PiS for disloyalty on 4 November 2011, Ziobro's supporters within PiS formed a new group in the

. Despite claims that the new group was not attempting to form a new party, the MPs were expelled from Law and Justice. The party was founded in 2012 by

(PiS) Member of the European Parliament, MEP

, who led the party's conservative Catholic-nationalist faction. In 2012, their MEPs left the

(ECR) to join the

(EFD) group in opposition to the ECR's more liberal stance on gay marriage, its support for the EU's climate change policy, and its advocacy of cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy. The party was officially launched on 24 March 2012. At the time, opinion polls put the party just around 2%. In a 2020 poll, it found that if the party ran independent from the United Right it would gain 5.4% votes.

Representatives

Members of the Sejm

* Mariusz Kałużny (Sejm Constituency no. 5, 5 - Toruń) * Jan Kanthak (Sejm Constituency no. 6, 6 - Lublin) * Marcin Romanowski (Sejm Constituency no. 7, 7 - Chełm) * Tadeusz Woźniak (Sejm Constituency no. 11, 11 – Sieradz) * Edward Siarka (Sejm Constituency no. 14, 14 - Nowy Sącz) * Norbert Kaczmarczyk (Sejm Constituency no. 15, 15 - Tarnów) * Jacek Ozdoba (Sejm Constituency no. 16, 16 - Płock) * Sebastian Kaleta (Sejm Constituency no. 19, 19 - Warsaw I) * Janusz Kowalski (Sejm Constituency no. 21, 21 - Opole) * Maria Kurowska (Sejm Constituency no. 22, 22 - Krosno) * Piotr Uruski (Sejm Constituency no. 22, 22 - Krosno) * Marcin Warchoł (Sejm Constituency no. 23, 23 - Rzeszów) *

(Sejm Constituency no. 23, 23 - Rzeszów) * Sebastian Łukaszewicz (Sejm Constituency no. 24, 24 - Białystok) * Michał Woś (Sejm Constituency no. 30, 30 - Bielsko-Biała II) * Michał Wójcik (Sejm Constituency no. 31, 31 - Katowice II) * Mariusz Gosek (Sejm Constituency no. 33, 33 - Kielce) * Dariusz Matecki (Sejm Constituency no. 41, 41 - Szczecin)

Member of the Senate

* Mieczysław Golba (Senate Constituency no. 58)

Members of the European Parliament

* Patryk Jaki (Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie (European Parliament constituency), Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie) * Beata Kempa (Lower Silesian and Opole (European Parliament constituency), Lower Silesian and Opole)

Election results

Sejm

Leader:

Vice-Leaders: Beata Kempa Michal Wos Michal Wojcik Secretary: Piotr Cieplucha Chairman of the General Council: Edward Siarka

Senate

Presidential

European Parliament

Notes

References

External links

United Poland official website
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