New Poland

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New Poland
Polish: Nowa Polska
Chairman Zygmunt Frankiewicz
Secretary Gabriela Staszkiewicz
Founders Wadim Tyszkiewicz
Andrzej Dziuba
Zygmunt Frankiewicz
Founded16 September 2025
Split from Senate Pact 2023
Yes! For Poland
Headquartersul. Marii Konopnickiej 6/229, 00-491 Warsaw [1]
Membership (2025)~50 [2]
Ideology Conservative liberalism [3] [4]
Economic liberalism [2] [5]
Political position Centre [3] [6]
Colours  Blue
  Red
Sejm
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Senate
3 / 100
Website
www.nowapolska.online

New Poland (Polish : Nowa Polska, NP) is a centrist political party in Poland. The party was founded in September 2025 based on a Senate circle of Senate Pact 2023 independents on the initiative of senator Wadim Tyszkiewicz, after which it selected senator Zygmunt Frankiewicz as its party chairman.

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Senate Circle Independents and Self-Governing

The Senate Circle Independents and Self-Governing (Polish : Koło Senackie Niezależni i Samorządni) was created by senators elected in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election as part of the Senate Pact 2023 who ran not as members of political parties but through independent electoral committees within the Pact. The circle had four members — Andrzej Dziuba, Zygmunt Frankiewicz, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (leader at the time) and Wadim Tyszkiewicz — until 22 February 2024, when Kwiatkowski joined the Civic Coalition Parliamentary Club. [7] On 6 March 2024, Frankiewicz became the leader of the circle. [8]

History

Preliminary organization

Wadim Tyszkiewicz Kancelaria Senatu 2023.jpg
Zygmunt Frankiewicz Kancelaria Senatu 2023.jpg
Andrzej Dziuba Kancelaria Senatu 2023.jpg
Wadim Tyszkiewicz, Zygmunt Frankiewicz and Andrzej Dziuba, senators founding the party

Following the defeat of liberal Rafał Trzaskowski in the 2025 Polish presidential election, Wadim Tyszkiewicz announced his retirement from Polish politics in early June 2025. [9] He claims to have "fallen into depression right after the presidential election", believing that the supposed "golden age of Poland" that in his belief started in 1989 had ended, given the success of Karol Nawrocki, Law and Justice, Confederation and Grzegorz Braun. [5]

However, his stance quickly changed in response to the rising support for the right-wing in Poland, and in an interview with Rzeczpospolita on 26 June 2025, Tyszkiewicz announced that he would be constructing a new political group in opposition to the "PO–PiS duopoly" and "brown Poland", seeking to "prevent the Hungarian scenario in Poland" and "rule of the populist far-right". [10] He stated: "I am driven by the awareness of the threat that awaits Poland if, in two years' time, these parties gain power, and God forbid, a constitutional majority. Then we will be on a slippery slope. This motivated me to take intensive action". [5]

He was joined by the other senators in his circle, Dziuba and Frankiewicz, [11] "experienced" self-government activists, [11] [12] among which activists of the Yes! For Poland [10] and OK Poland associations. [13] In July, Tyszkiewicz announced the creation of a new Senate club called "Nonpartisan Self-Government", [14] however, this was never completed and members of New Poland remain part of the Independents and Self-Governing circle.

Establishment

New Poland applied for registration on 10 September 2025 and tried to hold its first press conference on the same day. However, due to the Russian drone incursion into Poland, the press conference got delayed, [15] and was held on 16 September. [16] Senator Zygmunt Frankiewicz became the party's first chairman. [17]

Leadership

In July, Tyszkiewicz announced that the party would begin without a clear leader. [18] The party opposes the "leader-driven party" (Polish : partia wodzowska) model, [19] seeking to avoid the mistakes of previous liberal parties such as Ruch Palikota, Poland 2050 and Modern. [11] [15] The party seeks to coalesce self-government members and entrepreneurs. [19]

When founded, Zygmunt Frankiewicz was selected as the party chairman, with vice-chairmen Wadim Tyszkiewicz and Arkadiusz Wiśniewski and general secretary Gabriela Staszkiewicz. [17]

Ideology

The party presents itself as an alternative to the Civic Platform (PO) and opposing Law and Justice (PiS), [12] rejecting a coalition with right-wing PiS and the Confederation of the Polish Crown [14] or left-wing Razem, [15] and other "extremists", [20] presenting them as fascist or communist. [5] NP claims to represent disillusioned voters. [21] According to Tyszkiewicz, the party is an alternative for young voters to the far-right Confederation, among which the Confederation dominates. [22] [23] He noted that New Poland and Confederation share economically liberal views. [5]

Tyszkiewicz described the party as a conservative-liberal and centrist formation. [21] Its party platform is focused on economic liberalism, self-governance, healthcare reform and education reform, [24] distancing itself from worldview matters (such as abortion rights). [25] Its main proposals include tax reform—"simple, transparent, low, and inevitable taxes"—and administrative reform by eliminating the centrally-appointed office of voivode and empowering the locally-appointed Voivodeship marshal. [26] The party rejects populism and opposes the "brownization of Poland". [23] The party claims it wants to "unite, not divide" Poles. [27] It denounces "quasi-communist slogans of the left" or populists that support wealth redistribution from the rich to the poor. [20] [6]

The party was compared to other liberal parties like Ruch Palikota, Poland 2050, Modern [15] [28] and, ideologically, the Civic Platform. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Nowa Polska, archived from the original on 2025-09-20, retrieved 2025-09-20
  2. 1 2 Radecki, Bartłomiej (17 September 2025). "Nowa partia w Polsce. Senator ujawnia, kto za nią stoi!" (in Polish). Warszawa w Pigułce. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  3. 1 2 Kożdoń, Witold (17 September 2025). "Burmistrz Cieszyna sekretarzem generalnym nowej partii" (in Polish). Beskidzka24. Retrieved 2025-09-21. Ugrupowanie jest określane jako liberalno-konserwatywne lub centrowe.
  4. ↑ "Marek Materek w Nowej Polsce. Prezydent Starachowic został członkiem kolejnej partii" (in Polish). Telewizja Polska. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-21. Ugrupowanie ma być partią liberalno-konserwatywną, która nie będzie się skupiać wokół jednego lidera, a wokół całej grupy samorządowców i przedsiębiorców.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Kowalski, Roch; Błaszczyk, Michał (19 September 2025). "Nowa Polska w polityce. Tyszkiewicz: nie wejdziemy w koalicję z PiS" (in Polish). Polskie Radio 24 . Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  6. 1 2 Olejniczak, Kalina (19 September 2025). "Wadim Tyszkiewicz wraca do polityki. Chce odbudować Polskę bez wojny polsko-polskiej" (in Polish). Portal Samorządowy. Retrieved 2025-09-21. Dziś wraca do polityki, by budować nową siłę w centrum sceny politycznej - partię Nowa Polska.
  7. ↑ Broda, Katarzyna (22 February 2024). "Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski przystąpił do Koalicji Obywatelskiej". Gazeta Prawna  [ pl ]. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  8. ↑ "XI kadencja Sejmu". Senate of Poland . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  9. ↑ "Po porażce Rafała Trzaskowskiego senator zapowiada odejście z polityki". Rzeczpospolita. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  10. 1 2 3 Nizinkiewicz, Jacek (26 June 2025). "Powstaje nowa partia polityczna. Zakłada ją polityk z dużym doświadczeniem". Rzeczpospolita . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  11. 1 2 3 "Będzie nowa partia. Senator ujawnia nazwiska polityków, którzy do niej dołączą". Onet. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  12. 1 2 Baran, Violetta (4 June 2025). "Tyszkiewicz zakłada nową partię. Ma być alternatywą dla PO i PiS". WP.pl . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  13. ↑ Chrobok, Piotr (2 July 2025). "Nowa partia w Polsce. Są znane nazwiska, tworzą ją śląscy politycy. "Ludzie mówią: nie mamy na kogo głosować"". Dziennik Zachodni . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  14. 1 2 Kocemba, Jarosław (17 July 2025). "Tyszkiewicz tworzy klub w Senacie. "Spróbujemy wywrócić ten stolik"". WP.pl . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  15. 1 2 3 4 Waluś, Monika (16 September 2025). "Powstała nowa partia. Senator ujawnia szczegóły". Onet . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  16. ↑ Ferfecki, Wiktor (19 September 2025). "Nowe partie chcą mieć posłów w Sejmie. Joanna Senyszyn i Wadim Tyszkiewicz wchodzą do gry". Rzeczpospolita . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  17. 1 2 Pokorski, Artur (16 September 2025). "Reakcja na "rosnące zagrożenie". Powstała nowa partia". Interia . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  18. ↑ "Senator zakłada nową partię. "Chcemy unikać sporów ideologicznych"". TVN24. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  19. 1 2 Biernat, Arkadiusz (16 September 2025). "Partia Nowa Polska z senatorami ze Śląska. Zygmunt Frankiewicz: "Nie chcemy jałowych sporów, a reformować nasz kraj"". Dziennik Zachodni . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  20. 1 2 Idziak, Patryk (16 September 2025). "Nowa partia na politycznej scenie. "Wyobraziliśmy sobie lepszą Polskę"". Polsat News.
  21. 1 2 Majewski, Szymon (8 September 2025). "Wadim Tyszkiewicz zakłada nową partię. "Wielu Polaków jest rozczarowanych"". Business Insider . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  22. ↑ Sałwacka, Maja (20 September 2025). "Tyszkiewicz zakłada partię. To remedium na Bosaka i Brauna". Gazeta Wyborcza . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  23. 1 2 Sałwacka, Maja (9 September 2025). "Senator Wadim Tyszkiewicz rejestruje partię dla młodych. Ma pokazać, że Polska nie musi być brunatna". Gazeta Wyborcza . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  24. ↑ "Nowa partia zabiera się do pracy. „Polska potrzebuje reform"". TVP Info. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  25. ↑ "Senyszyn idzie po lewicę, Tyszkiewicz rozlicza porażkę Trzaskowskiego". TVP Info. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  26. ↑ Kunica, Mikołaj (24 September 2025). "Miał odejść z polityki, ale założył nową partię. "Mocno przeżyłem te wybory"". Onet . Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  27. ↑ Rogowska, Katarzyna (17 September 2025). "Program partii Nowa Polska - co na razie wiadomo? "Będziemy wspólnie modyfikować"". TOK FM . Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  28. ↑
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