Civic Platform
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| Leader | Donald Tusk |
| Founded | 19 January 2001 |
| Headquarters | ul. Władysława Andersa 21 00-159 Warsaw |
| Political ideology | Christian Democracy, Liberal conservatism, Conservative liberalism |
| International affiliation | Christian Democrat International EPP-ED |
| Website | http://www.platforma.org |
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The Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, also called the Citizens' Platform) is a liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since the 2005 parliamentary elections, it is the main and largest opposition party, with 133 seats (29%) in the Sejm, and 34 seats (34%) in the Senate.
It was the first Polish political party to form a shadow cabinet, and also the first to have chosen candidates for Parliament through primary elections. In 2005, however, it abandoned the primaries and the selection of its candidates was made by the party's grassroots and confirmed by its leader and 2005 presidential candidate, Donald Tusk.
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[edit] Political program
The Civic Platform's program includes:
- Flat tax rates: 15% personal income tax (PIT), corporate income tax (CIT) and VAT.
- Tertiary education reform, with equal rights for private and public universities.
- A larger portion of the budget for local government.
- Privatization and demonopolization of some remaining sectors.
- Direct elections of mayors and governors.
- Private health care (currently, public healthcare is mandatory).
- Single-seat parliamentary elections.
- Labor law reform.
- Narrowing the privileges enjoyed by trade unions.
- Teaching economics in all schools.
- Retaining full control over monetary policy by the National Bank of Poland.
- Lowering the number of MPs in the Sejm from 460 to 230, and depriving them of parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
[edit] Leaders
- Donald Tusk - party chairman, parliamentary club chairman, presidential runner-up in the 2005 presidential election.
- Jan Rokita - leader of the shadow cabinet.
- Zbigniew Chlebowski
- Bronisław Komorowski
[edit] Members of Polish Parliament (Sejm) (2005-2009)
- Łukasz Abgarowicz 8 239 votes
- Robert Ambroziewicz 9 943 votes
- Paweł Arndt 6 546 votes
- Urszula Augustyn 4 890 votes
- Tadeusz Aziewicz 9 093 votes
- Marek Biernacki 41 336 votes
- Andrzej Biernat 6 244 votes
- Bogdan Bojko 5 123 votes
- Beata Bublewicz 5 198 votes
- Jerzy Budnik 8 396 votes
- Bożenna Bukiewicz 11 237 votes
- Zbigniew Chlebowski 18 281 votes
- Stanisław Chmielewski 3 419 votes
- Janusz Chwierut 5 272 votes
- Andrzej Czerwiński 13 770 votes
- Grzegorz Dolniak 12 151 votes
- Mirosław Drzewiecki 10 928 votes
- Jarosław Duda 5 901 votes
- Waldy Dzikowski 54 959 votes
- Joanna Fabisiak 6 693 votes
- Jerzy Fedorowicz 5 694 votes
- Arkady Fiedler 9 920 votes
- Czesław Fiedorowicz 16 153 votes
- Krzysztof Gadowski 7 705 votes
- Andrzej Gałażewski 9 524 votes
- Stanisław Gawłowski 7 879 votes
- Tomasz Głogowski 6 812 votes
- Stanisław Gorczyca 5 822 votes
- Cezary Grabarczyk 13 775 votes
- Aleksander Grad 13 680 votes
- Paweł Graś 11 919 votes
- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz 137 280 votes
- Rafał Grupiński 8 168 votes
- Krzysztof Grzegorek 8 730 votes
- Andrzej Gut-Mostowy 11 282 votes
- Jolanta Hibner 3 512 votes
- Stanisław Huskowski 12 334 votes
- Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz 9 635 votes
- Danuta Jazłowiecka 14 248 votes
- Sebastian Karpiniuk 9 767 votes
- Włodzimierz Karpiński 8 751 votes
- Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska 4 615 votes
- Kazimierz Kleina 7 896 votes
- Józef Klim 7 815 votes
- Ryszard Knosala 9 087 votes
- Magdalena Kochan 6 294 votes
- Bronisław Komorowski 42 100 votes
- Ewa Kopacz 14 982 votes
- Domicela Kopaczewska 4 870 votes
- Tadeusz Kopeć 6 206 votes
- Leszek Korzeniowski 7 798 votes
- Roman Kosecki 4 395 votes
- Jerzy Kozdroń 3 868 votes
- Mirosław Koźlakiewicz 7 475 votes
- Jacek Krupa 6 860 votes
- Tomasz Kulesza 5 621 votes
- Stanisław Lamczyk 6 276 votes
- Tomasz Lenz 9 472 votes
- Dariusz Lipiński 4 482 votes
- Krzysztof Lisek 10 731 votes
- Arkadiusz Litwiński 7 794 votes
- Elżbieta Łukacijewska 14 166 votes
- Beata Małecka-Libera 6 882 votes
- Edward Maniura 11 279 votes
- Andrzej Markowiak 10 539 votes
- Konstanty Miodowicz 14 505 votes
- Aldona Młyńczak 2 903 votes
- Czesław Mroczek 8 311 votes
- Izabela Mrzygłocka 5 271 votes
- Rafał Muchacki 12 015 votes
- Sławomir Nitras 14 238 votes
- Tomasz Nowak 9 061 votes
- Sławomir Nowak 9 559 votes
- Stanisława Okularczyk 12 016 votes
- Alicja Olechowska 6 395 votes
- Paweł Bartosz Olszewski 6 850 votes
- Zbigniew Pacelt 3 982 votes
- Janusz Palikot 26 275 votes
- Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska 7 062 votes
- Sławomir Piechota 7 281 votes
- Elżbieta Pierzchała 10 646 votes
- Danuta Pietraszewska 9 841 votes
- Teresa Piotrowska 16 716 votes
- Julia Pitera 39 815 votes
- Kazimierz Plocke 9 579 votes
- Damian Raczkowski 5 527 votes
- Elżbieta Radziszewska 16 199 votes
- Ireneusz Raś 6 690 votes
- Jan Rokita 72 145 votes
- Halina Rozpondek 9 949 votes
- Jakub Rutnicki 3 182 votes
- Sławomir Rybicki 12 557 votes
- Arkadiusz Rybicki 9 466 votes
- Zbigniew Rynasiewicz 10 354 votes
- Jan Rzymełka 8 878 votes
- Wojciech Saługa 10 968 votes
- Beata Sawicka 8 764 votes
- Grzegorz Schetyna 14 978 votes
- Henryk Siedlaczek 7 476 votes
- Krystyna Skowrońska 16 479 votes
- Joanna Skrzydlewska 11 822 votes
- Andrzej Smirnow 10 263 votes
- Lidia Staroń 12 188 votes
- Michał Stuligrosz 12 659 votes
- Waldemar Szadny 5 941 votes
- Tomasz Szczypiński 7 399 votes
- Adam Szejnfeld 26 568 votes
- Jakub Szulc 5 004 votes
- Krystyna Szumilas 16 105 votes
- Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska 23 119 votes
- Paweł Śpiewak 18 403 votes
- Maciej Świątkowski 8 780 votes
- Jan Walenty Tomaka 7 915 votes
- Tomasz Tomczykiewicz 22 221 votes
- Donald Tusk 79 237 votes
- Robert Tyszkiewicz 13 232 votes
- Jarosław Urbaniak 7 400 votes
- Jarosław Wałęsa 14 709 votes
- Ewa Więckowska 7 018 votes
- Wojciech Wilk 5 501 votes
- Jacek Wojciechowicz 3 380 votes
- Ewa Wolak 3 465 votes
- Marek Wójcik 1 408 votes
- Eugeniusz Wycisło 6 836 votes
- Jan Wyrowiński 14 279 votes
- Jadwiga Zakrzewska 4 972 votes
- Krzysztof Zaremba 22 812 votes
- Bogdan Zdrojewski 73 959 votes
- Anna Zielińska-Głębocka 3 797 votes
- Wojciech Ziemniak 13 193 votes
- Stanisław Żmijan 7 708 votes
[edit] Members of Polish Senate (2005-2009)
MP, constituency
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[edit] Members of the European Parliament
The Citizen's Platform obtained the largest number of votes (25%) of any Polish party in the 2004 elections to the European Parliament, giving it 15 of 54 Polish seats in the European Parliament. It is part of the European People's Party coalition.
- Jerzy Buzek, ex prime minister, professor of technical sciences
- Zdzisław Chmielewski, historian, rector of Szczecin University
- Małgorzata Handzlik, publisher and journalist
- Stanisław Jałowiecki, sociologist and politician
- Filip Kaczmarek, historian and journalist
- Bogdan Klich, expert on international politics
- Barbara Kudrycka, professor of law
- Janusz Lewandowski, economist, ex-minister of privatisation
- Jan Olbrycht, politician, ex-mayor of Cieszyn
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, economist, former Poland-EU negotiator, vicepresident of the European Parliament
- Jacek Protasiewicz, fililogist and politician
- Bogusław Sonik, lawyer and politician
- Zbigniew Zaleski, professor of psychology
- Tadeusz Zwiefka, journalist
[edit] Pre-2005-election history
In the years 2001-2005, the party had 58 deputies in the Sejm. In 2005, the PO led all opinion polls with 26% to 30% support (The PO had 12% in the 2001 elections). That rise in popularity was in part the effect of Jan Rokita's participation in the Sejm's Special Investigative Committee (investigating the Lew Rywin Affair), where he managed to uncover many irregularities in the post-communist SLD run cabinet.
However, the PO lost a significant amount of support immediately prior to the vote in 2005, and ended up with only the second-largest group of MPs in the Sejm. Despite widespread public anticipation of a coalition between PO and the conservative PiS party, this did not eventuate. The PO was then in opposition to a minority PiS government, which also received some support from the nationalist/conservative LPR and populist/agrarian Samoobrona parties. These three parties have since formed a somewhat stable coalition.
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[edit] Founders
The PO was founded in 2001 by Andrzej Olechowski, Maciej Plazynski, and Donald Tusk, sometimes jokingly called "the Three Tenors" of Polish politics. Olechowski and Płażyński left the party during the 2001-2005 parliamentary term.
[edit] Members of Polish Parliament (Sejm) (2001-2005)
MP, constituency
- Łukasz Abgarowicz, Płock
- Jacek Dariusz Bachalski, Gorzów Wielkopolski - Zielona Góra
- Jerzy Budnik, Gdynia
- Zbigniew Chlebowski, Wałbrzych
- Andrzej Czerwiński, Nowy Sącz
- Grzegorz Dolniak, Sosnowiec
- Mirosław Drzewiecki, Łódź
- Jarosław Duda, Wrocław
- Waldy Dzikowski, Poznań
- Marta Fogler, Warszawa
- Andrzej Gałażewski, Gliwice
- Zyta Gilowska, Lublin
- Stanisław Gorczyca, Elbląg
- Cezary Grabarczyk, Sieradz
- Aleksander Grad, Tarnów
- Paweł Graś, Chrzanów
- Jerzy Hertel, Warszawa
- Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz, Opole
- Bronisław Komorowski, Warszawa
- Ewa Kopacz, Radom
- Leszek Korzeniowski, Opole
- Józef Krzyworzeka, Kraków
- Elżbieta Łukacijewska, Krosno
- Tadeusz Maćkała, Legnica
- Edward Maniura, Częstochowa
- Andrzej Markowiak, Rybnik
- Piotr Mateja, Katowice
- Konstanty Miodowicz, Kielce
- Sławomir Nowak, Gdańsk
- Alicja Olechowska, Warszawa
- Tadeusz Parchański, Nowy Sącz
- Teresa Piotrowska, Bydgoszcz
- Kazimierz Plocke, Gdynia
- Edward Płonka, Bielsko-Biała
- Elżbieta Radziszewska, Piotrków Trybunalski
- Jan Rokita, Kraków
- Sławomir Rybicki, Toruń
- Jan Rzymełka, Katowice
- Leszek Samborski, Warszawa
- Grzegorz Schetyna, Wrocław
- Krystyna Skowrońska, Rzeszów
- Michał Stuligrosz, Poznań
- Tomasz Szczypiński, Kraków
- Adam Szejnfeld, Piła
- Krystyna Szumilas, Gliwice
- Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska, Łódź
- Jan Tomaka, Rzeszów
- Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, Bielsko-Biała
- Donald Tusk, Gdynia
- Eugeniusz Wycisło, Rybnik
- Rafał Zagórny, Katowice
- Krzysztof Zaremba, Szczecin
- Bogdan Zdrojewski, Wrocław
- Stanisław Żmijan, Chełm
- Marek Żyliński, Olsztyn
[edit] 2001 Citizens' Platform Electoral Committee
The 2001 Citizens' Platform electoral committee consisted of several political parties and groups (Platforma Obywatelska RP being the largest)
- Stronnictwo-Konserwatywno Ludowe, leader: Artur Balazs
- Unia Polityki Realnej, leader: Janusz Korwin-Mikke, chief: Jacek Boroń
[edit] Members of Polish Senate (2001-2005)
- Stanisław Huskowski
- Wojciech Saługa (since 29.09.2004)
- Robert Smoktunowicz
- Zbigniew Szaleniec
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Civic Platform official site, English version
