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Libertas Polska | |
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Leader | Originally Daniel Pawłowiec [1] [2] later Declan Ganley [3] [4] |
Founded | ~2006/7 [5] (as Pawlowiec's Lewica i Demokraci) 2 February 2009. [6] (announced as Libertas Polska) 24 February 2009 [5] (renamed to Libertas Polska) |
Dissolved | 2014 |
Headquarters | Aleje Ujazdowskie 22/3, 00-478 Warsaw [7] |
Ideology | Anti-Lisbon Treaty Euroscepticism |
European affiliation | Libertas Party Limited |
European Parliament group | none |
Colours | blue, gold |
Website | |
referendumdlapolski |
Libertas Poland (Libertas Polska, LP) was a political party in Poland. It contended the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Libertas Party Limited, the organization founded by Declan Ganley.
Before the 2007 Polish parliamentary election, three LPR then-members, Cyprian Gutkowski, Daniel Pawłowiec and Sebastian Jargut, registered a party called Lewica i Demokraci, (Left and Democrats). [5] The party was a party-in-name-only designed to frustrate [5] the party of the same name, which was forced to register itself as SLD+SdPl+PD+UP – Lewica i Demokraci (LiD) instead. [5]
Declan Ganley visited [8] [9] Poland on Friday 9 January 2009 [10] to discuss terms for the formation of the Poland branch of Libertas with representatives from Forward Poland (NP), PSL Piast and Prawica Rzeczypospolitej (PR). [10] Ganley insisted that the Poland Libertas party used the word "Libertas" in the title but the party politicians were concerned that the non-Polish name would deter voters. [10] The name "Forward Poland – Libertas" (Naprzód Polsko – Libertas) was suggested as a compromise name [10] should NP decide to ally with Libertas.
On 1 February 2009, [11] Ganley spoke to the inaugural Warsaw meeting of the Referendum Committee (Komitetu Referendalnego), an organization advocating that referendums be held prior to treaty ratifications by Poland. [11] [12] The speech was filmed and placed on YouTube (prolog, part 1, part 2). The meeting attendance was estimated at 700 [12] or 500 [11] and attendees included [11] [13] Mirosław Orzechowski (LPR), Zdzisław Podkański (PSL), Krzysztof Filipek and Danuta Hojarska (once Samoobrona, now Party of Regions) and Antoni Tyszka (UPR), Konrad Bonisławski (head of All-Polish Youth) and Krzysztof Bosak (former LPR MP).
On 2 February 2009 [6] [11] a press conference was given [7] in which the head of the Referendum Committee, former LPR MP Daniel Pawłowiec, was named as head [1] [2] [7] of Libertas Poland (Libertas Polska, LP), and the Referendum Committee offices at Aleje Ujazdowskie 22/3, 00-478 Warsaw were named as the headquarters of Libertas Poland. [7]
Although the party had been announced, it did not exist under that name at that point: registering a political party in Poland is a lengthy process. [5] Instead, Pawlowiec's Lewica i Demokraci was renamed to Libertas Polska, the new name being registered on 24 February 2009 [5]
On 11 February 2009, Libertas Poland held a press conference concerning the emergency meeting of the European Council. [14] In that press conference, Libertas Poland demanded that the Polish government should reduce VAT following the UK example, [14] propose an EU joint energy policy, [14] and reopen the labor markets of Germany and Austria to Polish workers. [14]
Libertas attempted to get other parties to affiliate (run candidates under a common list) to it. Libertas's search for affiliates was assisted by Roman Giertych [15] and Wojciech Wierzejski, [16] with Wierzejski resigning from the leadership of LPR to devote his time to the unification of the Polish patriotic, nationalist, conservative and Christian right under a Libertas list. [17]
The parties that affiliated with Libertas Poland and the parent organization Libertas.eu are as follows:
The parties that considered affiliating with Libertas Poland and the parent organization Libertas.eu, but did not, are as follows:
Person | Position |
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Declan Ganley | President [3] [4] |
Daniel Pawłowiec | Originally President, [14] later vice-president. [3] [4] Former LPR MP |
Artur Zawisza | Vice-president [14] and former PR MP |
On 20 March 2009, journalist Hanna Lis refused to do a TVP interview with Declan Ganley. [40] Controversy promptly arose revolving around LPR's Roman Giertych [40] and whether LPR were encouraging coverage of Libertas on TVP [40] via Piotr Farfał the President of TVP [41] and a member of LPR. [40] Hanna Lis, [42] Piotr Kraśko, [42] and Jarosław Kulczycki, [42] the three presenters of a nightly news program, took sick leave in protest, forcing the news to be presented by Marcin Szczepański. [42]
Libertas Poland started work on/before 20 March 2009 on collecting sufficient signatures to field candidates, [3] [4] although the number and names of those candidates was not specified. [3] [4] By 2 May 2008, a Libertas Election Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Libertas) had been formed and its list consisted of 130 [31] candidates, later falling to 128. [22] The breakdown was as follows: [31]
Party/Movement of which candidates were current/former members | Acronym | Number of candidates on Libertas list | Number of first-placed candidates on Libertas list |
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Law and Justice | PiS | 1 | 0 |
Organizacja Narodu Polskiego - Liga Polska | ? | 1 | 0 |
Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe | ZChN | 1 | 0 |
Radio Maryja | n/a | 2 | 2 |
Libertas Polska | LP | 3 | 2 |
Forward Poland | NP | 6 | 2 |
Partia Regionów | PR | 6 | 1 |
Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Piast" | PSL Piast | 13 | 1 |
Liga Polskich Rodzin | LPR | 40 | 2 |
other | n/a | 57 | 3 |
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