Political situation of Poland after the elections in 2005

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Political situation of Poland after the elections
in 2005

• Agnieszka Krajewska
• am.krajewska_at_op.pl

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Results of parliamentary elections September 2005
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Parties that entered the Assembly

• Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc)
• 26,99, 155 seats
• Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska)
• 24,14, 133 seats
• Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
  (Samoobrona RP)
• 11,41, 56 seats
• Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy
  Demokratycznej SLD)
• 11,31, 55 seats
• League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin)
• 7,97, 34 seats
• Polish Peasant Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe,
  PSL)
• 6,96, 25 mandatów
• German Minority Electoral Committee (Komitet
  Wyborczy Mniejszosc Niemiecka)

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Parties that not entered the Assembly

• Social Democracy of Poland (Socjaldemokracja
  Polska, SDPL) - 3.9
• Democratic Party (Partia Demokratyczna) - 2.5
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke Platform (Platforma Janusza
  Korwin-Mikke, PJKM) -1.6
• Patriotic Movement (Ruch Patriotyczny) -1.1
• Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy,
  PPP) -0.8
• (TURNAUT in Election to the Assembly 40.6 )

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Assembly (Sejm) composition

• PiS
• PO
• Samoobrona
• SLD
• LPR
• PSL
• German minority

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Results of presidential elections

• October 2005

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First round ()

• Donald Franciszek Tusk 36,33
• Lech Aleksander Kaczynski 33,10
• Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper 15,11
• Marek Stefan Borowski 10,33
• Jaroslaw Kalinowski 1,80
• Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke 1,43
• Henryka Teodora Bochniarz 1,26
• Liwiusz Marian Ilasz 0,21
• Stanislaw Tyminski 0,16
• Leszek Henryk Bubel 0,13
• Jan Pyszko 0,07
• Adam Andrzej Slomka 0,06
• ( TURNAUT 49,74 )

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Presidential campaign
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Candidates programs

• Kaczynski
• IV Republic of Poland
• social solidarity
• bringing those who were responsible for communist
  crimes to justice
• fighting corruption
• security in economy
• safety for families
• combining modernization with tradition and
  remembering the teachings of Pope John Paul II

• Tusk
• looking forward - not backward
• fiscal discipline
• lower cost of work
• fighting unemployment
• more transparent legislative procedures to create
  new jobs
• support polish entrepreneurs
• emphasis on education
• strong economical position of Poland
• pro rapid EU integration and accomplished free
  market

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Second round (turnout 51)
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Failed coalition talks between Law and Justice
(PIS) and Civic Platform (PO)

• PiS forms a minority government, Kazimierz
  Marcinkiewicz as the Prime Minister
• PO - opposition

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5 May 2006 - coalition government

• The minority government of Law and Justice
  party forms a coalition deal with smaller
  Euro-sceptic and anti-reform parties Samoobrona
  and LPR
• A. Lepper Ministry of agriculture
• R. Giertych Ministry of education

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In July 2006 Marcinkiewicz tenders his
resignation, Jaroslaw Kaczynski forms a new
government and is sworn-in on 14 July, finally
becoming prime minister.

• President Lech Kaczynski accepted Marcinkiewicz's
  resignation at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw
  on 10 July 2006

• President Lech Kaczynski shakes hands with his
  twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski after nominating
  him as the new Polish prime minister on 10 July
  2006

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Polish public opinion according to CBOS

• Public opinion research center http//www.cbos.pl

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THE POLES ABOUT THE PIS - SELF-DEFENCE -
LPRGOVERNMENT COALITION ( May 2006)
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ATTITDE TO THE GOVERNMENTOF JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI
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ATTITUDE TO THE DEMOCRACY (April 2006)
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Still more people believe that Poland is closer
to a non-democratic system than to a democratic
one and that the transformation of the Polish
political system is not particularly advanced1.
1. Good an bad sides of Polish democracy, CBOS
report, April 2006, http//www.cbos.pl
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The principal problem of democracy in Poland it's
not the deficit of democratic potential of
polish society, but a lack of the elites that
would be able to evaluate the needs of people and
to act in favour of potential modernization on
the base of these needs 2.
2. Mira Marody, La question de la democratie en
Pologne, La Pologne, Revue Pouvoirs, N 118,
Seuil, 2006.
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Bibliography

• La Pologne, Revue Pouvoirs, N 118, Seuil, 2006.
• http//www.cbos.pl
• http//www.platforma.org
• http//www.tvp.pl
• http//pl.wikipedia.org
• http//www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl