Modern (political party)

Modern
.Nowoczesna
Leader Katarzyna Lubnauer
Founded May 2015
Membership (2018) 4,160
Ideology Liberalism[1][2]
Classical liberalism[3]
Pro-Europeanism
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
International affiliation None
Political position Centre
Sejm
22 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 51
Regional assemblies
0 / 555
Website
www.nowoczesna.org

.Modern (Polish: Nowoczesna, styled as .Nowoczesna), is a liberal[1][2] and classical-liberal[3] political party in Poland. The party was founded in May 2015 by the former World Bank economist Ryszard Petru.[4] Katarzyna Lubnauer became the party's leader in November 2017.[5]

History

The party was founded in late May 2015 as NowoczesnaPL (ModernPL) by economist Ryszard Petru.[6]

Due to some controversy over its name – there had already been a non-governmental organization called the Modern Poland Foundation.[7] In August 2015, the party's name was changed to .Modern (.Nowoczesna).[8]

Around the same time, the party's new logo was presented, and Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz became its spokesperson.[9]

The party received 7.6% of votes in the 2015 parliamentary election, which resulted in winning 28 seats in the Sejm.[10][11]

The party was admitted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) on 4 June 2016.[12]

Katarzyna Lubnauer became the leader of Nowoczesna in November 2017. In leader elections at the party congress, Lubnauer received 149 votes and Petru received 140 votes.[5]

Ideology

The party has been compared to the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), with its emphasis on economic liberalism in its policy platform.[13]

Election results

Sejm

Election year Number of
votes		 Percentage of
vote		 Number of
overall seats won
2015 1,155,370[10] 7.6 (#4)[10]
28 / 460

References

  1. 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Paul Kubicek (2017). European Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-317-20638-5.
  3. 1 2 Marek Payerhin, ed. (2016). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2016-2017. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4758-2897-9.
  4. ↑ Tom Lansford, ed. (2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. SAGE Publications. p. 1219. ISBN 978-1-5063-2715-0.
  5. 1 2 Broniatowski, Michał (26 November 2017). "Polish opposition party elects new female leader". Politico Europe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ↑ ""Ciepła woda w kranie jest w Kijowie". Ryszard Petru obiecuje likwidację przywilejów" (in Polish). TVN24. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nowoczesna.pl to plagiat? Fundacja protestuje przeciw zawłaszczaniu jej nazwy" (in Polish). wpolityce.pl. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nowoczesna bez "PL", ale z kwadratową kropką. Ugrupowanie Petru zmienia wizerunek" (in Polish). TVN24. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Nowoczesna z nowym rzecznikiem, logo i "jedynką"". Newsweek Polska (in Polish). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "PKW: PiS zdobyło 37,58 proc. głosów. Wchodzi pięć partii, lewica poza Sejmem" (in Polish). TVN24. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ Matthew S. Shugart; Rein Taagepera (2017). Votes from Seats: Logical Models of Electoral Systems. Cambridge University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-108-41702-0.
  12. ↑ https://www.aldeparty.eu/en/news/ciudadanos-nowoczesna-nasa-stranka-and-civic-position-join-alde-party
  13. ↑ Reinhold Vetter. Nationalismus im Osten Europas: Was Kaczynski und Orbán mit Le Pen und Wilders verbindet. Ch. Links Verlag. p. 61. ISBN 978-3-86153-939-1.
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