Professor Senyszyn's New Wave Polish: Nowa Fala Profesor Senyszyn | |
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| Founders | Joanna Senyszyn |
| Founded | August 2025 |
| Ideology | Anti-clericalism [1] Pro-Europeanism [2] |
| Political position | Center-left [3] |
| 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 [4] ) and the far-right Confederation. [5] Senyszyn claims to have been compelled to run by the Nonpartians, [6] although another candidate affiliated with the Nonpartisans, Wojciech Papis, the party's secretary, [7] also tried to run, but failed to gather the necessary 100,000 support signatures. [8] Bakun became Senyszyn's campaign plenipotentiary. [9] Senyszyn was also accused of having her 100,000 support signatures forged. [5]
In the presidential election, Senyszyn obtained 1.09% of the vote, coming 9th out of 13 candidates. During the election, she was described as anti-clerical, [10] and left-wing. [11] After the first round of the election, Senyszyn at first declared that she could "only support a true revolutionary" in the second round, but she eventually endorsed Rafał Trzaskowski of Civic Platform. [12] On 22 May, Senyszyn announced that she would organize a new political party. [13]
Initially, the party had the placeholder name "Senyszyn's Empire" [14] and later "Red Corals", [15] both references to elements of Senyszyn's presidential campaign. [16] 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. [17] Senyszyn also announced a youth wing of the party. [18] According to Senyszyn, the party received around 10,000 signups after its announcement. [19]
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" [20] [21] It was joined by former Democratic Left Alliance politicians Robert Kwiatkowski and Marek Balt as well as Piotr Bakun. [9]
New Wave applied for registration on 28 August 2025. [22] On 19 October, Senyszyn declared that the party would be registered in 1.5 months at latest. [23]
In September, it was revealed that Dariusz Cychol, a pro-Russian journalist, is Senyszyn's business partner and helped found the party. [24] Senyszyn responded by stating that she "does not follow the lives of her partners", [24] claimed the information is false, and stated her condemnation of Russia. [25] In an October 2025 poll, the party polled 1.6%, overperforming the long-standing Polish People's Party, which polled 1.3% instead. [26]
Senyszyn announced that the party would be managed democratically, with her name as part of the party's name serving to increase recognition, [19] and claiming that she would not be the party's leader but its "mother". [27]
Senyszyn distanced the party from the left–right political spectrum, stating that the party would be "democratic, modern and rational", [9] anti-clerical, [1] and pro-European. [28] [23] The party has been described as center-left, [29] left-wing, [30] [31] and its policy proposals have also been described as left-wing. [32] Commenting on the party's political orientation, Senyszyn stated: "Today, the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ are no longer used because they have lost their original meaning. For example, PiS is a somewhat left-wing party, but in terms of social issues and human rights, it is strongly conservative, if not reactionary. Therefore, I will simply say that the party will be democratic, modern and rational, just like me." [19]
The party postulates the elimination of financial privileges for Churches, secularization, [21] sex education in schools, [28] support for women's right to self-determination and LGBT rights, a 'reasonable compromise between the interests of employers and employees', [21] and economic deregulation. [33] Senyszyn stressed that the party will seek "effective deregulation of the economy", [34] and simplifying the tax system to benefit small business. [35] She declared herself "in favour of greater [economic] liberalism", argued that the Polish economy is "overregulated", and praised the deregulatory proposals of Rafał Brzoska. [36] Senyszyn also postulates a nationwide night-time alcohol ban. [30] She opposes spending 5% of Polish GDP on the military, arguing that 3 to 3.5% would be sufficient. [37]
The party seeks to present itself as a party for the youth, [38] pursuing the electorate of The Left. [22] In contrast, Polityka characterized the party as "supported by at most a few SLD veterans at odds with Czarzasty." [39] Senyszyn announced several goals for the party, among which entry into the Sejm, necessarily crossing the 5% electoral threshold, [19] introducting 50 posełs to the Sejm, 11% of the total amount, [22] and stopping the Law and Justice (PiS) party from returning to power since its loss in 2023. [9] Senyszyn also denounced the PiS-supported president, Karol Nawrocki, as "unworthy" of the office. [28] She also ruled out joining the electoral list of the Civic Coalition. [40] Senyszyn argues that "the Civic Platform and its allies will no longer be able to protect us from the return of PiS to power". [41]
Lewackie postulaty i antyklerykalizm! Senyszyn powiedziała, że jej główne postulaty to m.in. likwidacja finansowych przywilejów Kościołów, popieranie państwa świeckiego, praw człowieka, praw kobiet do samostanowienia i praw osób LGBTQ+.[Leftist postulates and anti-clericalism! Senyszyn said that her main demands include the abolition of the financial privileges of churches, support for a secular state, human rights, women's rights to self-determination, and LGBTQ+ rights.]
Senyszyn, mówiąc o programie Nowe Fali, stwierdziła, że "to będzie nowoczesny, demokratyczny program prounijny".[Senyszyn, speaking about the New Wave programme, stated that ‘it will be a modern, democratic, pro-European programme.’]
Jak podkreśliła polityk, ugrupowanie będzie mieć proeuropejski program, opowie się za równouprawnieniem kobiet i LGBT, a także zatroszczy się o Polaków żyjących na granicy ubóstwa.[As the politician emphasised, the party will have a pro-European programme, advocate for equal rights for women and LGBT people, and care for Poles living on the brink of poverty.]
Z Millerem lub bez (choć oczywiście z Millerem bardziej) będzie to więc partia, odwołująca się do pokoju i lekceważąca istotne zagrożenia dla Polski, pierwsza z takim przekazem siła po centrolewicowej stronie sceny politycznej.[With or without Miller (though obviously more so with Miller), this will be a party that appeals to peace and disregards significant threats to Poland, the first force on the centre-left side of the political scene with such a message.]
Joanna Senyszyn kandydowała w tym roku na prezydenta. Obecnie jest w trakcie rejestracji swojej partii lewicowej. Ma ona nosić nazwę Nowa Fala Profesor Senyszyn.[Joanna Senyszyn ran for president this year. She is currently in the process of registering her left-wing party. It will be called Nowa Fala Profesor Senyszyn (Professor Senyszyn's New Wave).]
Mamy przeregulowaną gospodarkę, no i nawet panu Brzosce nie udało się nic w tej sprawie zrobić. My myślimy, że będziemy. No, coś się w Brzosce jednak udało i nie da. Zawoujmy go całkiem. [...] Ja pewnymi względami oczywiście jestem zwolenniczką większego liberalizmu.[We have an overregulated economy, and even Mr Brzoska has been unable to do anything about it. We think we will. Well, something has been achieved in Brzoska, and it won't work. Let's do his work fully. [...] I am, of course, in favour of greater liberalism.]
