Piast Faction

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Piast Faction
Stronnictwo Piast
AbbreviationSP
Leader Zdzisław Podkański
Founded28 March 2006
Split from Polish People's Party
Headquarters Lublin
Ideology Christian democracy
Agrarianism
Political position Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation United Right
European Parliament group European Conservatives and Reformists (formerly)
Union for Europe of the Nations (formerly)
Sejm
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Councils
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Piast Faction (Polish : Stronnictwo Piast, SP), informally Piast Party, formerly Polish People's Party "Piast" (Polish : Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe Piast, PSL Piast); is a political party founded in 2006. Piast refers to the medieval Piast dynasty, Poland's founding royal house. It was created after a 2006 split in the modern PSL party. Its major politicians include Zdzisław Podkański, Janusz Wojciechowski and Zbigniew Kuźmiuk. It was an affiliate party of Libertas.eu. [1]

The party is allied with Law and Justice. [2]

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References

  1. "Libertas allies with fringe right wing in Poland" from http://www.polskieradio.pl Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "PiS łączy siły ze Stronnictwem Piast" (in Polish). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2019.