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The League of Polish Families (

far-right elements in the past.[20][21][22][23][24][25] The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was headed by Roman Dmowski, however, in 2006 its leader Roman Giertych distanced himself from that heritage.[26]

It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński[27] until the latter dissolved in September 2007.[28] In the 2007 parliamentary election, it failed to gain the 5% threshold required to enter the Sejm and lost all its seats, even failing to cross the 3% threshold for eligibility to receive government funding. Since then, the party has become a minor political force, but continues to exist.

The All-Polish Youth used to be affiliated with the party as its youth wing, but these two organisations later severed their relations.

History

The LPR was created just before the

Senate. Its former leader, Roman Giertych, studied Law and History at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. During his career his political alliances have included such Polish National Democrats as Jan Łopuszański, Antoni Macierewicz,[29] Gabriel Janowski.[30]

National Party
(Stronnictwo Narodowe), which merged with several other organisations to form the League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR) in 2001.

Roman Giertych's father, Maciej Giertych, also a member of LPR, is a former member of the European Parliament. His grandfather was a member of parliament of the Second Polish Republic prior to World War II from the National Democracy Party. Some sources claim that the LPR owes much of its success to Radio Maryja, a Catholic radio station with a nationalist, ultra-conservative agenda.

The performance of League of Polish Families in the September 2001 elections, has been partly attributed to its well publicized and uncompromising attitude towards Jedwabne pogrom.[31] During the election campaign Ryszard Bender, one of the LPR founders and leaders, participated in LPR television broadcasts denying the facts of the Jedwabne pogrom of 1941 and accusing President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, who participated in commemoration ceremony, that took place in the village of Jedwabne in July 2001, of bowing to Jewish interest groups.[32]

Soon after the election in 2001 a group of deputies separated from LPR, creating a new party known now as

Catholic-National Movement (Ruch Katolicko-Narodowy) led by Antoni Macierewicz.[33][citation needed
]

In the

Law and Justice (PiS). However, the overall turnout of that election was less than 20% of eligible voters. Thus, the long-term significance of the LPR's strong performance in that election is unclear. In the 2005 elections
, LPR again received 8% of votes, but saw its seats reduced from 38 to 34. However, it gained five seats in the Senate, taking it up to seven.

In the 2007 Parliamentary election, it failed to gain the 5% of votes required to enter the Sejm and lost all its seats, in addition to failing meeting the 3% of votes requirement for eligibility to receive government funding. The leader of the party, Roman Giertych, stepped down from his post as the party's leader.

Some present or former members of LPR (including Janusz Dobrosz) and five of its MEPs moved to Forward Poland in 2008/9.

In the 2010s, the party became more moderate and changed its attitude towards the European Union. In parliamentary and presidential elections, it usually supports the candidates of the Civic Platform or the Polish People's Party. In 2019, LPR declared its accession to the European Coalition. Roman Giertych is an active politician in the ruling coalition, and has stated successfully ran for the Sejm in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election as part of the Civic Coalition.

Ideology

The party was described as belonging to the populist current in European politics, that juxtaposes the 'simple man' and the 'corrupt elite'.[34]

The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics described the party as

nationalist,[35] the party's agenda combining conservative social values, Christian solidarity and nationalism. Adam Michnik has characterized the groups that formed the party as the heirs of the chauvinist, xenophobic and antisemitic organizations of the pre-war Poland.[36]

Some of the policies the LPR opposes include: the selling of land to foreigners (especially German

Polish communist secret police—in other words, full "de-Communization".[citation needed
]

The party particularly appealed to voters sympathetic towards traditional social values, the Catholic faith, and the concept of Polish national sovereignty. Its policies also attract some who feel lost in the post-1989 political transformation of the country, although the populist

antisemitic articles; some of the Polish politicians like Adam Michnik have been characterized as pink hyenas representing non-Polish interests, assisted by Mossad and “godless, satanical masons propagating nihilism and demoralisation.” Those “dark forces” are said to be fiercely opposed to a Catholic state of the Polish nation.[37]

The party was considered staunchly homophobic,[38] and its opposition to same-sex marriage and several other demands of Polish gays and lesbians has led to condemnation of the party by the European Commission.[39] It was also labelled as antisemitic by some authors.[40][41]

In the 2010s, LPR ceased to arouse controversy and began gradually moving to the

Eurosceptic. Its views on religion
have also become more moderate.

Stance towards the European Union

The party was

Polish nation
. Although it retains its nationalistic ideology, it mainly supports the EU.

Election results

Sejm

Election year # of
votes 		% of
vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/– Government
2001 1,025,148 7.9 (#6)
38 / 460
 SLD-UP-PSL (2001-2003)
SLD-UP (2003-2005)
SLD-UP-SDPL (2004-2005)
2005 940,762 8.0 (#5)
34 / 460
 Decrease 4
PiS
Minority (2005)
PiS–SRP
–LPR (2006-2007)
PiS
Minority (2007)
2007 209,171 1.3 (#6)
0 / 460
 Decrease 34 PO–PSL

Senate

Election year # of
overall seats won 		+/–
2001
2 / 100
2005
7 / 100
 Increase 5
2007
0 / 100
 Decrease 7

European Parliament

Election year # of
votes 		% of
vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/–
2004 969,689 15.9 (#2)
10 / 54
2009 83,754 1.1 (#8)
0 / 50
 Decrease 10
Running as part of Libertas Poland.

Regional assemblies

Election year % of
vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/–
2002 14.4 (#4)
92 / 561
2006 4.7 (#6)
11 / 561
 Decrease81
2010
0 / 561
 Decrease11
2014 0.3 (#19)
0 / 555
 Steady

Literature

  • The League of Polish Families between East and West, past and present by Sarah L. de Lange and Simona Guerrab. In: Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Volume 42, Issue 4, December 2009, pp. 527–549

See also

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