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Confederation Liberty and Independence

The Confederation Liberty and Independence (Polish: Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość), frequently shortened to just Confederation (Polish: Konfederacja), is a far-right political party in Poland.

Confederation Liberty and Independence
Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość
Leaders
Vice-ChairmanKrzysztof Bosak
Founded6 December 2018
Headquartersul. Wiejska 12a, 00-490 Warsaw
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
Members
Sejm
9 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 51
Regional assemblies
1 / 552
Website
konfederacja.net

It was initially founded in 2018 as a political coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election, although it was later expanded into a political party. It won 11 seats in the Sejm after the 2019 parliamentary election. Its presidential candidate for the 2020 election was Krzysztof Bosak who placed fourth among eleven candidates. A coalition mainly led by Korwin, National Movement, and the Confederation of the Polish Crown, it is right-orientated and is considered to be a part of the radical right. It has expressed right-wing populist rhetoric, a more hardline opposition stance towards the European Union and immigration. It is economically liberal and has called for lowering taxes, and has also expressed socially conservative and nationalist stances.

History

Two political parties, KORWiN and National Movement, announced in late 2018 that they have decided to run together in the upcoming European Parliament elections.[2][3] In early 2019, Grzegorz Braun's organization and Piotr Krzysztof Liroy-Marzec's party joined the coalition.[4] Kaja Godek, an ultra-conservative activist, announced her participation on the list.[5] The coalition was dubbed "Pro-Polish Coalition", although in late February 2019, it was changed to "Konfederacja Korwin Braun Liroy Narodowcy".[6][7] In March 2019, an application was submitted to register the party under that name,[8] and the Federation for the Republic of Poland soon joined the alliance including some representatives.[9][10][11] Its name was changed again, this time to "Confederation".[12] The Party of Drivers joined the coalition in April, and soon after they elected Marek Jakubiak as the chairman.[13][14] The Confederation placed fourth in the 2019 European Parliament election, winning 4.55% of the popular vote, although it did not reach the electoral threshold.[15] After the election, Braun applied for the registration of the Confederation of the Polish Crown.[16]

The coalition was registered on 25 July 2019 under the name "Confederation Liberty and Independence".[17] Kaja Godek left the coalition soon after.[18] Shortly before the 2019 parliamentary election, a schism occurred in the coalition, with many representatives joining the coalition while some of them also left.[19][20] The coalition ended up winning 6.81% of the popular vote and won 11 seats in the Sejm.[21][22] Most of the support the party received was in southeast and northern parts of Poland.[23] Around 20% of all young voters aged under-30 supported the grouping, about two-thirds of its voters were male and more than three-fifths lived in smaller towns and rural areas. This has been highlighted as a significant change from previous right-wing alliances involving Korwin-Mikke where the base of support was almost exclusively young males.[24] In November 2019, the Confederation presented nine candidates that took part in the presidential primaries organized by the party.[25] The winner of the presidential primary was Krzysztof Bosak, who became Confederate candidate for the presidential election.[26] During the first round of the election Bosak received 1,317,380 votes or 6.78%, coming fourth among eleven candidates.[27]

In 2022, serious internal splits emerged as a result of Sławomir Mentzen's and Janusz Korwin-Mikke's pro-Russian and Ukrainophobic stances in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing several members to renounce their KORWiN memberships, albeit remaining within the coalition.[28]

Ideology and position

The Confederation is a right-orientated political party,[29][30] and it is positioned on the far-right on the political spectrum.[31] It is also considered to be a part of the radical right,[32] although some[specify] have disputed that it does not contain all elements of the radical right.[33]

Its ideology compromises the support for numerous right-wing populist ideas.[1] It has presented a hardline opposition stance to the European Union,[34][35][36] and has criticized its and Law and Justice's policies towards immigration, calling for harder stances against illegal immigration instead.[37][38] It is also socially conservative,[39] and antifeminist, it also supports total ban on abortion, and supports the traditional family model.[40] It has also expressed xenophobic views,[41] and has openly provided support for antisemitism.[42][43][44] During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also spread misinformation about COVID-19 and opposed laws that were implemented by the government.[45][46]

Unlike the Law and Justice, its economic position is orientated towards economic liberalism and economic libertarianism and it is considered strongly pro-free market.[47][48][49] It is also nationalist,[50][51] and has been also described as national-liberal.[52] In its program, they have stated their goal "to turn Poland into a ethnocracy and culturally homogenous nation built around traditionalist-Catholic principles".[42] It has also expressed nativist sentiment.[42]

Platform

Confederation's platform includes the following promises, as well as others:

Composition

Current political parties

Name Ideology Position Leader MPs Senators MEPs Sejmiks Entry
National Movement Ultranationalism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Militarism
Far-right Robert Winnicki
5 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
6 December 2018
KORWiN Paleolibertarianism Right-wing to far-right Sławomir Mentzen
3 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
6 December 2018
Confederation of the Polish Crown Monarchism
Traditionalism
Far-right Grzegorz Braun
1 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
7 January 2019
Party of Drivers Right-wing populism
Anti-bureaucratism
Anti-environmentalism
Right-wing Lech Kędzierski
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
10 April 2019
Union of Christian Families Social conservatism
Political Catholicism
Religious fundamentalism
Far-right Bogusław Rogalski
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
13 August 2019
National League National democracy
Polish nationalism
Far-right Zbigniew Lipiński
0 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
5 September 2019

Current organisations and movements

Name Ideology Position Leader Type Entry
Agrarian-Consumer Confederation Agrarianism, free-market economy Right-wing Krzysztof Tołwiński Informal organisation 29 November 2019
All-Polish Youth Catholic nationalist, ultra-nationalism, anti-LGBT Far-right Marcin Kowalski Political youth movement 6 December 2018
Conservative-Monarchist Club Traditionalist conservatism, monarchist, Catholic nationalist, counter-revolutionary, integralist conservative, anti-democratic Far-right Adam Wielomski Philosophical and journalistic organisation 7 January 2019
Polish Peasant Bloc Agrarianism, conservatism Right-wing Wojciech Mojzesowicz Informal organisation 6 December 2018

Former political parties

Name Ideology Position Leader Entry Exit
Federation for the Republic of Poland
(pl)
Social conservatism, Political Catholicism, Economic liberalism Far-right Marek Jakubiak 6 March 2019[60] 28 June 2019[61]
Efficient
(pl)
Direct-democracy[62]
Hard Euroscepticism[62]
Centre-right Piotr "Liroy" Marzec 1 September 2018 28 June 2019[61]
Wolnościowcy Libertarianism Right-wing Artur Dziambor 17 March 2022 13 February 2023[63]

Political parties who had members with individual agreements

Name Ideology Position Leader* Election Notes
Free and Solidary[64] Solidarism
Anti-communism
Russophilia
Right-wing to far-right Kornel Morawiecki 2019 Polish parliamentary election 4 party members were candidates for Piotr Liroy-Marzec's Efficient political party electoral committee in Constituency № 35 (Olsztyn) whilst the rest of the party, including its entire parliamentary club, were on Law and Justice's electoral lists.
Congress of the New Right[64] Right-libertarianism
Economic liberalism
Hard Euroscepticism
Right-wing Stanisław Żółtek 2019 Polish parliamentary election Used Federation for the Republic of Poland's electoral lists, which in turn were in agreement with the Right Wing of the Republic, and fielded candidates in the Kraków constituencies.
League of Polish Families[64] Political Catholicism Centre-right to far-right Witold Bałażak 2019 Polish parliamentary election Despite being loosely affiliated with the Polish Coalition, they fielded only 1 candidate in Kraków from their electoral lists, whereas 2 other candidates used Confederation's electoral lists.
National Unity
(pl)
Political Catholicism
Religious fundamentalism
Paleoconservatism
Far-right Gabriel Janowski 2019 Polish parliamentary election Vice-chair of the party Paweł Połanecki was a candidate for Piotr Liroy-Marzec's Efficient political party electoral committee in the Kielce constituency, as no.2 on the list behind Piotr Liroy-Marzec himself.
*At the time in question

Former organisations and movements

Name Ideology Position Leader Type Entry Exit
Life and Family Foundation Anti-abortion movement[65][66]
Anti-LGBT
Religious fundamentalism
Anti-science
Far-right Kaja Godek Lobbyist foundation, social activist group 28 January 2019[67] 9 August 2019[68]

Results

European Parliament

Election Year Votes % Rank Seats
2019 621,188 4.6 4th
0 / 52

Sejm

Election year Votes % Rank Seats
2019 1,256,953 6.8 5th
11 / 460

Senate

Election year Votes % Rank Seats
2019 144,124 0.8 6th
0 / 100

Presidential

Election year Candidate 1st round 2nd round
# of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall votes % of overall vote
2020 Krzysztof Bosak 1,317,380 6.8 (#4)

Internal

Year Election type Affiliation Final Candidate Number of initial candidates Number of rounds Final round
Electoral vote Percentage
2019–20 American-style presidential primary RN Bosak 9 1x 16 regional preliminaries
7x convention elimination
163 51.9%
KKP Braun 146 46.5%

See also

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confederation, liberty, independence, polish, konfederacja, wolność, niepodległość, frequently, shortened, just, confederation, polish, konfederacja, right, political, party, poland, konfederacja, wolność, niepodległośćleaderssławomir, mentzenrobert, winnickig. The Confederation Liberty and Independence Polish Konfederacja Wolnosc i Niepodleglosc frequently shortened to just Confederation Polish Konfederacja is a far right political party in Poland Confederation Liberty and Independence Konfederacja Wolnosc i NiepodlegloscLeadersSlawomir MentzenRobert WinnickiGrzegorz BraunVice ChairmanKrzysztof BosakFounded6 December 2018Headquartersul Wiejska 12a 00 490 WarsawIdeologyPolish nationalismRight wing populism 1 Economic liberalismPolitical positionFar rightMembersNational MovementKORWiNConfederation of the Polish CrownParty of DriversUnion of Christian FamiliesNational LeagueSejm9 460Senate0 100European Parliament0 51Regional assemblies1 552Websitekonfederacja wbr netPolitics of PolandPolitical partiesElectionsIt was initially founded in 2018 as a political coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election although it was later expanded into a political party It won 11 seats in the Sejm after the 2019 parliamentary election Its presidential candidate for the 2020 election was Krzysztof Bosak who placed fourth among eleven candidates A coalition mainly led by Korwin National Movement and the Confederation of the Polish Crown it is right orientated and is considered to be a part of the radical right It has expressed right wing populist rhetoric a more hardline opposition stance towards the European Union and immigration It is economically liberal and has called for lowering taxes and has also expressed socially conservative and nationalist stances Contents 1 History 2 Ideology and position 2 1 Platform 3 Composition 3 1 Current political parties 3 2 Current organisations and movements 3 3 Former political parties 3 4 Political parties who had members with individual agreements 3 5 Former organisations and movements 4 Results 4 1 European Parliament 4 2 Sejm 4 3 Senate 4 4 Presidential 4 5 Internal 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory EditTwo political parties KORWiN and National Movement announced in late 2018 that they have decided to run together in the upcoming European Parliament elections 2 3 In early 2019 Grzegorz Braun s organization and Piotr Krzysztof Liroy Marzec s party joined the coalition 4 Kaja Godek an ultra conservative activist announced her participation on the list 5 The coalition was dubbed Pro Polish Coalition although in late February 2019 it was changed to Konfederacja Korwin Braun Liroy Narodowcy 6 7 In March 2019 an application was submitted to register the party under that name 8 and the Federation for the Republic of Poland soon joined the alliance including some representatives 9 10 11 Its name was changed again this time to Confederation 12 The Party of Drivers joined the coalition in April and soon after they elected Marek Jakubiak as the chairman 13 14 The Confederation placed fourth in the 2019 European Parliament election winning 4 55 of the popular vote although it did not reach the electoral threshold 15 After the election Braun applied for the registration of the Confederation of the Polish Crown 16 The coalition was registered on 25 July 2019 under the name Confederation Liberty and Independence 17 Kaja Godek left the coalition soon after 18 Shortly before the 2019 parliamentary election a schism occurred in the coalition with many representatives joining the coalition while some of them also left 19 20 The coalition ended up winning 6 81 of the popular vote and won 11 seats in the Sejm 21 22 Most of the support the party received was in southeast and northern parts of Poland 23 Around 20 of all young voters aged under 30 supported the grouping about two thirds of its voters were male and more than three fifths lived in smaller towns and rural areas This has been highlighted as a significant change from previous right wing alliances involving Korwin Mikke where the base of support was almost exclusively young males 24 In November 2019 the Confederation presented nine candidates that took part in the presidential primaries organized by the party 25 The winner of the presidential primary was Krzysztof Bosak who became Confederate candidate for the presidential election 26 During the first round of the election Bosak received 1 317 380 votes or 6 78 coming fourth among eleven candidates 27 In 2022 serious internal splits emerged as a result of Slawomir Mentzen s and Janusz Korwin Mikke s pro Russian and Ukrainophobic stances in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine causing several members to renounce their KORWiN memberships albeit remaining within the coalition 28 Ideology and position EditThe Confederation is a right orientated political party 29 30 and it is positioned on the far right on the political spectrum 31 It is also considered to be a part of the radical right 32 although some specify have disputed that it does not contain all elements of the radical right 33 Its ideology compromises the support for numerous right wing populist ideas 1 It has presented a hardline opposition stance to the European Union 34 35 36 and has criticized its and Law and Justice s policies towards immigration calling for harder stances against illegal immigration instead 37 38 It is also socially conservative 39 and antifeminist it also supports total ban on abortion and supports the traditional family model 40 It has also expressed xenophobic views 41 and has openly provided support for antisemitism 42 43 44 During the COVID 19 pandemic it has also spread misinformation about COVID 19 and opposed laws that were implemented by the government 45 46 Unlike the Law and Justice its economic position is orientated towards economic liberalism and economic libertarianism and it is considered strongly pro free market 47 48 49 It is also nationalist 50 51 and has been also described as national liberal 52 In its program they have stated their goal to turn Poland into a ethnocracy and culturally homogenous nation built around traditionalist Catholic principles 42 It has also expressed nativist sentiment 42 Platform Edit Confederation s platform includes the following promises as well as others Taxation 53 Eliminate the income tax Make social insurance contributions optional Reduce gasoline taxes Reduce government spending Judicial 54 Hire more judges assistants Restore capital punishment 55 Education 56 Create a school voucher program Allow parents to opt out their children from sex education classes Create a cultural voucher that can be used on arts or museums National Security 57 Allow licensed civilians to own firearms Allow the use of nuclear energy Oppose the European Union s refugee resettlement program Oppose increases in immigration Expect immigrants to integrate into Polish culture Health 58 Ban importation of garbage Oppose the European Union s climate change rules Protect human life from the moment of conception Business 59 Abolish penalties for street trade and raise the limits on unlicensed trade Raise the VAT exemption to zl 400 000 Index the tax exempt amount to be approximately twelve times the minimum wage Allow businesses to refuse services on moral groundsComposition EditCurrent political parties Edit Name Ideology Position Leader MPs Senators MEPs Sejmiks EntryNational Movement UltranationalismNational conservatismSocial conservatismMilitarism Far right Robert Winnicki 5 460 0 100 0 51 0 552 6 December 2018KORWiN Paleolibertarianism Right wing to far right Slawomir Mentzen 3 460 0 100 0 51 0 552 6 December 2018Confederation of the Polish Crown MonarchismTraditionalism Far right Grzegorz Braun 1 460 0 100 0 51 0 552 7 January 2019Party of Drivers Right wing populismAnti bureaucratismAnti environmentalism Right wing Lech Kedzierski 0 460 0 100 0 51 0 552 10 April 2019Union of Christian Families Social conservatismPolitical CatholicismReligious fundamentalism Far right Boguslaw Rogalski 0 460 0 100 0 51 0 552 13 August 2019National League National democracyPolish nationalism Far right Zbigniew Lipinski 0 460 0 100 0 51 0 552 5 September 2019Current organisations and movements Edit Name Ideology Position Leader Type EntryAgrarian Consumer Confederation Agrarianism free market economy Right wing Krzysztof Tolwinski Informal organisation 29 November 2019All Polish Youth Catholic nationalist ultra nationalism anti LGBT Far right Marcin Kowalski Political youth movement 6 December 2018Conservative Monarchist Club Traditionalist conservatism monarchist Catholic nationalist counter revolutionary integralist conservative anti democratic Far right Adam Wielomski Philosophical and journalistic organisation 7 January 2019Polish Peasant Bloc Agrarianism conservatism Right wing Wojciech Mojzesowicz Informal organisation 6 December 2018Former political parties Edit Name Ideology Position Leader Entry ExitFederation for the Republic of Poland pl Social conservatism Political Catholicism Economic liberalism Far right Marek Jakubiak 6 March 2019 60 28 June 2019 61 Efficient pl Direct democracy 62 Hard Euroscepticism 62 Centre right Piotr Liroy Marzec 1 September 2018 28 June 2019 61 Wolnosciowcy Libertarianism Right wing Artur Dziambor 17 March 2022 13 February 2023 63 Political parties who had members with individual agreements Edit Name Ideology Position Leader Election NotesFree and Solidary 64 SolidarismAnti communismRussophilia Right wing to far right Kornel Morawiecki 2019 Polish parliamentary election 4 party members were candidates for Piotr Liroy Marzec s Efficient political party electoral committee in Constituency 35 Olsztyn whilst the rest of the party including its entire parliamentary club were on Law and Justice s electoral lists Congress of the New Right 64 Right libertarianismEconomic liberalismHard Euroscepticism Right wing Stanislaw Zoltek 2019 Polish parliamentary election Used Federation for the Republic of Poland s electoral lists which in turn were in agreement with the Right Wing of the Republic and fielded candidates in the Krakow constituencies League of Polish Families 64 Political Catholicism Centre right to far right Witold Balazak 2019 Polish parliamentary election Despite being loosely affiliated with the Polish Coalition they fielded only 1 candidate in Krakow from their electoral lists whereas 2 other candidates used Confederation s electoral lists National Unity pl Political CatholicismReligious fundamentalismPaleoconservatism Far right Gabriel Janowski 2019 Polish parliamentary election Vice chair of the party Pawel Polanecki was a candidate for Piotr Liroy Marzec s Efficient political party electoral committee in the Kielce constituency as no 2 on the list behind Piotr Liroy Marzec himself At the time in questionFormer organisations and movements Edit Name Ideology Position Leader Type Entry ExitLife and Family Foundation Anti abortion movement 65 66 Anti LGBTReligious fundamentalismAnti science Far right Kaja Godek Lobbyist foundation social activist group 28 January 2019 67 9 August 2019 68 Results EditEuropean Parliament Edit Election Year Votes Rank Seats2019 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