Confederation Liberty and Independence

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Confederation Liberty and Independence
Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość
Leaders
ChairmanJakub Kulesza
Vice-ChairmanKrzysztof Bosak
Founded6 December 2018
Headquartersul. Wiejska 12a, 00-490 Warsaw
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
Members
Sejm
11 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 51
Regional assemblies
1 / 552
Website
konfederacja.net

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.

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
Wolnościowcy Libertarianism Right-wing Artur Dziambor
3 / 460
0 / 100
0 / 51
0 / 552
 17 March 2022
KORWiN Paleolibertarianism Right-wing to far-right Sławomir Mentzen
2 / 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]

Political parties who had members with individual agreements

Name Ideology Position Leader* Election Notes
Free and Solidary[63] 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[63] 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[63] 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[64][65]
Anti-LGBT
Religious fundamentalism
Anti-science 		Far-right Kaja Godek Lobbyist foundation, social activist group 28 January 2019[66] 9 August 2019[67]

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%

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