Kukiz'15
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Kukiz'15 is a right-wing populist political party in Poland led by Paweł Kukiz.
It was formed in 2015 as a loose movement that registered itself as an association in 2016 and later as a political party in 2020. Initially, it was connected with far-right parties such as the National Movement, although since 2016 it has moderated its political outlook. During the 2018 local elections, it coordinated with the socially conservative Right Wing of the Republic and in 2019 it joined the Polish Coalition. Due to its eurosceptic stances, its membership was terminated from the coalition, and in May 2021 it announced its support for the ruling United Right coalition.
Political positions
Kukiz'15 was initially connected with the National Movement party,[1][2] although Kukiz'15 itself was not characterized as far right but rather national-conservative,[3] conservative-liberal,[4] and anti-establishment.[5][3] After 2016, they ceased operations with far-right organizations and politicians.[6][7][8] Since its inception, it has lacked programmatic coherence and thus has been described as a big tent party.[9][10][11] In its program, they have expressed support for direct democracy.[12][13] Its leader and the party has expressed eurosceptic stances,[14] and has been described as a right-wing populist,[15][16][17] and conservative party,[18] that sits on the centre-right[1][2] and right wing on the political spectrum.[19]
The key postulates upon foundation of the party were:
- Eliminating the monopoly of political parties in parliament ("destroying particracy")[1][20]
- Electoral reform, eliminating
- Separation of government, courts and parliament.[23]
- Protection of civic liberties.
- Introduction of obligatory referendums.
History
The movement was founded after Kukiz stood in the 2015 presidential election, winning 21% of the vote and coming in third during the election's first round. Kukiz's primary issue during the election was the replacement of Poland's proportional representation electoral system with single member constituencies,[24][25] which was the subject of a referendum in September 2015.
The movement was particularly popular among young people: Kukiz won 42% among voters aged 18 to 29 in the 2015 presidential election.[26]
In the 2015 parliamentary election, Kukiz'15 cooperated with the far-right National Movement, which gained 5 of Kukiz' 42 parliamentary seats.[1][27]
In April 2016, the National Movement leadership decided to end its collaboration with Kukiz'15 and instructed its MPs to leave the Kukiz'15 parliamentary club, but only one MP followed party instructions.[28] These ones, who stayed in Kukiz'15, together with a few other Kukiz' MPs, formed National Democracy (Endecja).[29]
There was a Sejm scandal in April 2016.
In February 2017, three Kukiz'15 MPs left the group and became a parliamentary representation of the association "Republicans" (Republikanie).
In February 2018, Paweł Kukiz apologised for having introduced the nationalists into the Sejm.[8]
In May 2018, Kukiz'15 has coordinated with the social conservative Right Wing of the Republic in local elections.[30]
In August 2019 Kukiz'15 joined the Polish People's Party (PSL) to set up a joint list for the 2019 parliamentary election named Polish Coalition. This alliance helped both parties overcome the 5%-threshold and Kukiz kept 6 MPs in the Sejm. Because of that alliance, the Real Politics Union ended cooperation with Kukiz'15.
However, the ideological differences between the Pro-European PSL and the Eurosceptic Kukiz MPs led to a quick fallout. In November 2020, a
On 20 June 2021, the reactivation of the
After Jarosław Gowin's scepticism with the "Polish Deal" proposal (an economic recovery plan for countering the COVID-19 recession in Poland) and media law changes that would inevitably force the American company Discovery, Inc. to sell its TVN Group, Gowin was publicly removed from his position as deputy prime minister, resulting in realignment of the composition of the coalition.[33] As result, Adam Bielan's "Agreement rebels" new party joined the coalition as replacements, and the remaining Kukiz '15 MP's led by Paweł Kukiz declared their support for the coalition, except Stanisław Tyszka.[34]
Deputies
All deputies were elected on United Right list
- Paweł Kukiz - leader of the party.
- Jarosław Sachajko
- Marek Jakubiak
Election results
Sejm
Election year | Leader | Number of votes |
Percentage of vote |
Number of overall seats won |
+/– | Government |
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2015 | Paweł Kukiz | 1,339,094 | 8.81 (#3) | 42 / 460
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New | Opposition |
2019 | 1,578,523 | 8.6 (#4) | 6 / 460
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36 | Opposition (2019–2021) | |
Support (2021–2022) | ||||||
Opposition (2022–2023) | ||||||
As part of Polish Coalition, which won 30 seats in total. | ||||||
2023 | 7,640,854 | 35.4 (#1) | 3 / 460
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3 | Opposition | |
As part of the United Right coalition, which won 194 seats in total. |
Regional assemblies
Election year | % of vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– |
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2018 | 5.7 (#5) | 0 / 552
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European Parliament
Election year | # of vote |
% of vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– |
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2019 | 503,564 | 3.69 (#5) | 0 / 52
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Presidential
Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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# of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | ||
2020 | Supported Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz | 459,365 | 2.4 (#5) |
Footnotes
- ^ ISBN 978-1-5063-2715-0.
- ^ ISBN 9781315463995.
- ^ a b Sawicka, Joanna; Skibicki, Juliusz; Szacki, Wojciech (3 November 2015). "Kto jest kim u Kukiza". polityka.pl. Polityka. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Ludzie od Kukiza w Sejmie: Kim są, czego chcą, kto może ich przejąć". 3 November 2015.
- ^ Nardelli, Alberto (22 October 2015). "Polish elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system". The Guardian.
- ^ "Ruch Narodowy kończy współpracę z Kukiz'15". 23 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Kornel Morawiecki odchodzi z Kukiz'15". 14 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Wyborcza.pl".
- ISBN 9781315281674.
- ^ "The Cult of Kukiz | The Krakow Post". The Krakow Post. 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Poland's rock star-politician: What happened to Paweł Kukiz?". 11 May 2016.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Kukiz: Rejestracja koła Kukiz'15-Demokracja Bezpośrednia w poniedziałek". 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Kukiz: Nie chcę Polski w Unii, która jest popychadłem".
- ISSN 1731-7517.
- ISBN 9789283044765.
- hdl:11025/42608.
- S2CID 149482174.
- .
External links
- Official website (in Polish)
- Official website (old) (in Polish)