New Poland Polish: Nowa Polska | |
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| Chairman | Zygmunt Frankiewicz |
| Secretary | Gabriela Staszkiewicz |
| Founders | Wadim Tyszkiewicz Andrzej Dziuba Zygmunt Frankiewicz |
| Founded | 16 September 2025 |
| Split from | Senate Pact 2023 Yes! For Poland |
| Headquarters | ul. Marii Konopnickiej 6/229, 00-491 Warsaw [1] |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Website | |
| www | |
New Poland (Polish : Nowa Polska, NP) is a centrist political party in Poland.
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. [2] On 6 March 2024, Frankiewicz became the leader of the circle. [3]
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. [4] 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". [5] He was joined by the other senators in his circle, Dziuba and Frankiewicz, [6] "experienced" self-government activists, [6] [7] among which activists of the Yes! For Poland [5] and OK Poland associations. [8] In July, Tyszkiewicz announced the creation of a new Senate club called "Nonpartisan Self-Government", [9] however, this was never completed and members of New Poland remain part of the Independents and Self-Governing circle.
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, [10] and was held on 16 September. [11] Senator Zygmunt Frankiewicz became the party's first chairman. [12]
In July, Tyszkiewicz announced that the party would begin without a clear leader. [13] The party opposes the "leader-driven party" (Polish : partia wodzowska) model, [14] seeking to avoid the mistakes of previous liberal parties such as Ruch Palikota, Poland 2050 and Modern. [6] [10] The party seeks to coalesce self-government members and entrepreneurs. [14]
When founded, Zygmunt Frankiewicz was selected as the party chairman, with vice-chairmen Wadim Tyszkiewicz and Arkadiusz Wiśniewski and general secretary Gabriela Staszkiewicz. [12]
The party is described as having a similar ideological profile to the Civic Platform (PO). [5] It presents itself as an alternative to the PO and opposing Law and Justice (PiS), [7] rejecting a coalition with right-wing PiS and the Confederation of the Polish Crown [9] or left-wing Razem, [10] presenting them as "fascist" or "communist". [15] NP claims to represent disillusioned voters. [16] According to Tyszkiewicz, the party is an alternative for young voters with the far-right Confederation, among which the Confederation dominates. [17] [18]
Tyszkiewicz described the party as a conservative-liberal and centrist formation [16] focused on economic liberalism and self-governance, [6] [7] distancing itself from worldview matters (such as abortion rights). [19] The party rejects populism and opposes the "brownization of Poland". [18] The party claims it wants to "unite, not divide" Poles. [20]
The party was compared to other liberal parties like Ruch Palikota, Poland 2050 and Modern. [10] [21]
