Professor Senyszyn's New Wave Polish: Nowa Fala Profesor Senyszyn | |
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| Founders | Joanna Senyszyn |
| Founded | August 2025 |
| Ideology | Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Center-left |
| Colours | Pink |
Professor Senyszyn's New Wave (Polish : Nowa Fala Profesor Senyszyn, NF) is a center-left political party in Poland.
Joanna Senyszyn was a candidate in the 2025 Polish presidential election. Senyszyn was a longtime activist and poseł of the Democratic Left Alliance, although she quit it in 2021 and cofounded the Democratic Left Association. She was supported in her campaign by the Democratic Left Association and Nonpartisans, a minor anti-establishment party chaired by Piotr Bakun with various ties to Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy (which it split from [1] ) and the far-right Confederation. [2] Senyszyn claims to have been compelled to run by the Nonpartians, [3] although another candidate affiliated with the Nonpartisans, Wojciech Papis, the party's secretary, [4] also tried to run, but failed to gather the necessary 100,000 support signatures. [5] Bakun became Senyszyn's campaign plenipotentiary. [6] Senyszyn was also accused of having her 100,000 support signatures forged. [2]
In the presidential election, Senyszyn obtained 1.1% of the vote, coming 9th out of 13 candidates. After the first round of the election, on 22 May, Senyszyn announced that she would organize a new political party. [7] Initially, the party had the placeholder name "Senyszyn's Empire" [8] and later "Red Corals", [9] both references to elements of Senyszyn's presidential campaign. [10] In June, New Left leader Robert Biedroń acknowledged the not yet registered party, imploring it to join the New Left on a single electoral list. [11] Senyszyn also announced a youth wing of the party. [12] According to Senyszyn, the party received around 10,000 signups after its announcement. [13]
Ultimately, the party adopted the name "New Wave", implying a "new wave to sweep away the old political world", after a vote on Facebook, with the name winning against "Democracy", "Party of Stars", "Tomorrow's Generation" [14] [15] It was joined by former Democratic Left Alliance politicians Robert Kwiatkowski and Marek Balt as well as Piotr Bakun. [6]
New Wave applied for registration on 28 August 2025. [16]
Senyszyn announced that the party would be managed democratically, with her name as part of the party's name serving to increase recognition, [13] and claiming that she would not be the party's leader but its "mother". [17]
Senyszyn distanced the party from the left–right political spectrum, stating that the party would be "democratic, modern and rational" [6] and pro-European. [18] The party has been described as center-left [19] and its policy proposals as left-wing [20] and include the elimination of financial privileges for Churches, secularization, support for women's right to self-determination and LGBT rights, a 'reasonable compromise between the interests of employers and employees', [15] and economic deregulation. [21] The party seeks to present itself as a party for the youth, [22] pursuing the electorate of The Left. [16]
Senyszyn announced several goals for the party, among which entry into the Sejm, necessarily crossing the 5% electoral threshold, [13] introducting 50 posełs to the Sejm, 11% of the total amount, [16] and stopping the Law and Justice (PiS) party from returning to power since its loss in 2023. [6] Senyszyn also denounced the PiS-supported president, Karol Nawrocki, as "unworthy" of the office. [18]
