Unia Polityki Realnej

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Union for Realpolitik
Unia Polityki Realnej
abbreviation UPR
Party leader Bartosz Józwiak
founding December 6, 1990
Headquarters
ul.Złota 7/18, 00-019 Warsaw
Alignment Classical liberalism ,
economic liberalism ,
libertarianism ,
conservatism
Colours) Black Azure White


Sejm
0/460
senate
0/100
Eu Parliament
0/52
Sejmiks
0/552
Website www.upr.org.pl

Unia Polityki Realnej (German Union for Realpolitik or Union der Realpolitik , UPR for short) was a classic - economically liberal (also "radical" or "ultra-liberal") party in Poland . She represented monarchists , libertarians and conservatives and advocated a free market economy with no social component. She refused to allow Poland to join the European Union , instead she wanted a reference to the North American Free Trade Area .

The UPR was led by Janusz Korwin-Mikke , who is known for his eccentric demeanor. He was also the UPR presidential candidate in 1995, 2000 and 2005 before converting to the Wolność i Praworządność (German freedom and rule of law ) party. Both parties merged in 2011 to form the New Right Congress . However, some members continued the UPR.

Program

The supporters of the UPR called for an absolute right of freedom for the individual, the abolition of state social and pension insurance and all the state's intervention options in the economy. Furthermore, extensive privatization of state companies, including state health facilities, was called for. Originally even more radical demands such as the complete abolition of unemployment benefits and the privatization of the school system, however, moderated after 2004.

In the party magazine Najwyższy Czas! (“It's high time!”) And in books published by the associated publishing house Oficyna Konserwatystów i Liberałów (“Publishing House of Conservatives and Liberals”), Korwin-Mikke and the deputy chairman Stanisław Michalkiewicz also represented anti-Semitic ideas. The anti-Semitism of the UPR was not based on the national Catholicism widespread in Poland (the UPR, in contrast, was even anti-clerical), but on the supposed economic interests of the Poles, which were in conflict with those of the Jews. The UPR called for the return of property to the Jewish communities to be prevented, as there was no legal continuity between the former and present owners. In 2007, the party magazine compared Angela Merkel with Hitler in a report that was critical of Europe (“EU fascism”) . The party also advocated a private insurance model for the health system , the reintroduction of the death penalty, and opposed abortion , Poland's membership of the EU, and lesbian and gay marriage. Korwin-Mikke also called for the abolition of women's suffrage in the 1995 presidential election campaign .

history

The party was founded as Ruch Polityki Realnej ("Movement of Realpolitik") on November 14, 1987, when the movement was illegal under current law. In November 1990 she organized a congress of the Polish right-wing, at which skinheads close to the National Rebirth of Poland (NOP) were used as room protection. On December 6, 1990 it was officially registered as a political party under the name Konserwatywno-Liberalna Partia Unia Polityki Realnej ("Conservative-Liberal Party Union of Realpolitik"). In the 1991 elections to the Sejm , it received 2.3% of the vote, which enabled the party to have three MPs. In 1993 it received 3.2% of the vote, but failed because of the newly introduced five-percent hurdle . In 1997, she and other small parties formed the Unia Prawicy Rzeczypospolitej list ("Union of Republican Rights"), which received 2.1% of the vote.

In 2004 Janusz Korwin-Mikke ran for the Polish Senate in Wroclaw . He received 18% of the vote but was not elected.

For the 2015 parliamentary election , chairman Józwiak ran for the Kukiz movement and received a mandate . At the beginning of 2017, Tomasz Rzymkowski , who also moved into the Sejm via a list of the movement, joined the UPR and was later elected vice-chairman.

Party leader

The writer Rafał Ziemkiewicz sympathizes with this party .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Ziemer: The Political System of Poland. An introduction. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013, p. 193.
  2. ^ Andrzej Chwalba: Brief history of the Third Republic of Poland 1989 to 2005. Otto Harrassowitz publishing house, Wiesbaden 2010, p. 47.
  3. ^ A b Klaus Ziemer: The Political System of Poland. An introduction. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013, p. 219.
  4. ^ Adam Krzemiński: America and Poland. On the Polish-American relationship today. In: America and Europe, Mars and Venus? The image of America in Europe. Wallstein, 2004, p. 165.
  5. ↑ a b c Gabriele Lesser: The "Jedwabne Discussion" in anti-Semitic and right-wing extremist media. In: Transodra , No. 23, December 2001.
  6. ^ Kai-Olaf Lang: Presidential elections in Poland. Part I: The candidates. In: Current Analyzes , No. 35/2000, p. 2.
  7. ↑ Merkel denigrated as Hitler ( memento of March 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Netzeitung.de , March 2, 2007.
  8. ↑ Edith Heller: The mail is going off in Poland. In: Focus , No. 38/1995, September 18, 1995.
  9. ↑ Archeolog for Wrześni będzie posłem. In: radiomerkury.pl. October 27, 2015, accessed October 18, 2016 (Polish).
  10. ↑ Kacper Rogacin AIP: Tomasz Rzymkowski został wiceprezesem Unii Polityki Realnej . In: Polskatimes.pl . ( polskatimes.pl [accessed November 14, 2017]).

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