Ruch Odbudowy Polski

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The Ruch Odbudowy Polski ( Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland; ROP ) was a Catholic - nationalist party in Poland . It existed from 1995 to 2012.

history

Jan Olszewski, party chairman from 1995 to 2011

The ROP was founded by Jan Olszewski after the 1995 presidential elections . Several smaller, conservative parties joined the ROP. It was one of several parties that emerged from the spectrum of the Solidarność trade union .

Their political program becomes clear in the slogan “God - Honor - Fatherland” ( Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna ) . ROP stood up for Catholic values ​​and the preservation of the unrestricted sovereignty of Poland. In doing so, she turned sharply against the post-communist League of the Democratic Left (SLD). ROP tended to take egalitarian-populist positions on economic policy issues.

Share of votes of the ROP in the 1997 parliamentary elections according to voivodeships : The strongholds of the party were in the east of the country

In her first parliamentary election in 1997 , she barely passed the entry threshold for the Sejm with 5.6% of the vote . Soon after the election, however, the parliamentary group fell out, with most of the MPs converting to Solidarność (AWS). Jan Olszewski initially announced his candidacy for the presidential election in 2000 , but withdrew it to support Marian Krzaklewski from AWS instead . In May 2001 the ROP joined the electoral alliance of Solidarność (AWSP), but soon left it again. On the occasion of the parliamentary elections in September 2001 , the ROP then reached an agreement with the right-wing extremist League of Polish Families (LPR). Members of the ROP, including party chairman Jan Olszewski, ran on the LPR lists and were thus elected to the Sejm. For the simultaneous election of the Senate, however, the ROP ran as part of the more moderate Blok Senate 2001 with AWSP, Law and Justice (PiS), Citizens' Platform (PO) and Freedom Union (UW).

Since 2005 the ROP has remained practically irrelevant in elections. The actual successor parties were PiS and LPR, which resemble the ROP in political orientation, language and self-image. For the parliamentary elections in September 2005 , ROP formed the alliance Ruch Patriotyczny ("Patriotic Movement") with other small right-wing parties ( Ruch Katolicko-Narodowy and Przymierze dla Polski ), which together came to 1.05% of the votes. From 2007, ROP was represented in the Senate with one member ( Stanisław Gogacz ) through electoral agreements with PiS . On June 23, 2012, the party was dissolved and the remaining members were recommended to join the PiS.

Party leader since 1990

  • November 18, 1995 to January 20, 2011: Jan Olszewski
  • January 20, 2011 to June 23, 2012: Stanisław Gogacz

Election results for the Sejm

  • 1997: 5.56%

See also

Parties in Poland

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Krzywdzinski: labor and social policy in Poland. Mediation of interests and political exchange in a contested political field. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2008, pp. 127–128.
  2. ^ A b Christian Teubner: Transformation of the economic order in Poland and Spain. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 1999, p. 105.
  3. ↑ Helmut Fehr: Elites and civil society. Legitimacy Conflicts in East Central Europe. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, p. 213.

Web links

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