Confederation Liberty and Independence


Confederation Liberty and Independence, frequently shortened to just Confederation , is a Far-right political party and electoral list in Poland established initially as a coalition in 2018 between KORWiN and the National Movement party.

History

In the beginning the coalition was known as the "Pro-Polish Coalition" and it was formed for the European Parliament election. In January 2019, Grzegorz Braun, Piotr Liroy Marzec and Kaja Godek joined the coalition, and on 27 February 2019, the official name was announced to be "Konfederacja KORWiN Braun Liroy Narodowcy". On the 6th of March 2019, the political party "Federacja dla Rzeczypospolitej" joined the coalition, but on the 7th of June the party abandoned the coalition together with Piotr Liroy Marzec. On the 26th of July it officially gained the status of political party and two weeks later, on the 12th of August, the "Fundacja Życie i Rodzina" together with its leader, Kaja Godek, abandoned the party, soon after on the following day, the party "Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańskich Rodzin" joined Confederation.
Confederation failed to obtain any seats in the European elections, gaining only 4.55% of the votes, below the threshold of 5%, although the initial results of exit polls gave them seats in the European Parliament.
In the national elections held on 13 October 2019, Confederation obtained 6.81% of the votes and introduced 11 MP to the Sejm. Most of its support the party received in southeast and northern parts of Poland.
Ahead of the 2020 Polish presidential election, it was announced that the party would host an American-style presidential primary.
The winner of the presidential primaries was Krzysztof Bosak, thus becoming the Confederate candidate for the presidential election 2020. During the first round of the election Bosak received 1,317,380 votes which was 6.78%, coming fourth among eleven candidates.

Platform

Confederation's platform includes the following promises, as well as others:
During 2019 Polish parliamentary election around 20% of younger voters aged under-30 supported the grouping, two-thirds of its voters were male and more than three-fifths lived in smaller towns and rural areas.

Composition

Current Political Parties

Current organisations and movements

Results

European Parliament

Sejm

Senate

Presidential