political situation of poland after the elections in 2005
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Political situation of Poland after the elections in 2005. Agnieszka Krajewska [email protected]. Results of parliamentary elections September 2005. Parties that entered the Assembly:. Law and Justice ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ) 26,99%, 155 seats - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Results of parliamentary elections September 2005
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Parties that entered the Assembly:• Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) 26,99%, 155 seats
• Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) 24,14%, 133 seats
• Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona RP) 11,41%, 56 seats
• Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej SLD) 11,31%, 55 seats
• League of Polish Families (Liga Polskich Rodzin) 7,97%, 34 seats
• Polish Peasant Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) 6,96%, 25 mandatów
• German Minority Electoral Committee (Komitet Wyborczy Mniejszość Niemiecka)
0,29%, 2 mandaty
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Parties that not entered the Assembly:
• Social Democracy of Poland (Socjaldemokracja Polska, SDPL) - 3.9%
• Democratic Party (Partia Demokratyczna) - 2.5%• Janusz Korwin-Mikke Platform (Platforma
Janusza Korwin-Mikke, PJKM) -1.6%• Patriotic Movement (Ruch Patriotyczny) -1.1%• Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP) -
0.8%
(TURNAUT in Election to the Assembly 40.6 %)
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Assembly (Sejm) composition
• PiS
• PO
• Samoobrona
• SLD
• LPR
• PSL
• German minority
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Results of presidential elections
October 2005
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First round (%)• Donald Franciszek Tusk 36,33 • Lech Aleksander Kaczyński 33,10 • Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper 15,11 • Marek Stefan Borowski 10,33 • Jarosław Kalinowski 1,80 • Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke 1,43 • Henryka Teodora Bochniarz 1,26 • Liwiusz Marian Ilasz 0,21 • Stanisław Tymiński 0,16 • Leszek Henryk Bubel 0,13 • Jan Pyszko 0,07• Adam Andrzej Słomka 0,06( TURNAUT – 49,74 )
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Presidential campaign
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Candidates` programsKaczyński • IV Republic of Poland• social solidarity• bringing those who were
responsible for communist crimes to justice
• fighting corruption • security in economy• safety for families• combining modernization
with tradition and remembering the teachings of Pope John Paul II
Tusk• looking forward - not
backward • fiscal discipline • lower cost of work• fighting unemployment• more transparent legislative
procedures to create new jobs
• support polish entrepreneurs• emphasis on education • strong economical position
of Poland • pro rapid EU integration and
accomplished free market
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Second round (turnout 51%)
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Failed coalition talks between Law and Justice (PIS) and
Civic Platform (PO)PiS forms a minority government, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz as the Prime MinisterPO - opposition
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5 May 2006 - coalition government
The minority government of Law and Justice party forms a coalition deal with smaller Euro-sceptic and anti-reform parties : Samoobrona and LPR
A. Lepper – Ministry of agriculture
R. Giertych – Ministry of education
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In July 2006 Marcinkiewicz tenders his resignation, Jarosław Kaczyński forms a new government and is sworn-in on 14 July, finally becoming prime minister.
• President Lech Kaczynski accepted Marcinkiewicz's resignation at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on 10 July 2006
• President Lech Kaczynski shakes hands with his twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski after nominating him as the new Polish prime minister on 10 July 2006
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Polish public opinion according to CBOS
Public opinion research center http://www.cbos.pl
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THE POLES ABOUT THE PIS - SELF-DEFENCE - LPRGOVERNMENT COALITION ( May 2006)
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ATTITDE TO THE GOVERNMENTOF JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI
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ATTITUDE TO THE DEMOCRACY (April 2006)
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Still more people believe that Poland is closer to a non-democratic system than to a democratic one and that the transformation of the Polish political system is not particularly advanced1.
1. Good an bad sides of Polish democracy, CBOS report, April 2006, http://www.cbos.pl
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The principal problem of democracy in Poland it's not the deficit of „democratic potential” of polish society, but a lack of the elites that would be able to evaluate the needs of people and to act in favour of potential modernization on the base of these needs 2.
2. Mira Marody, La question de la democratie en Pologne, „La Pologne”, Revue Pouvoirs, N 118, Seuil, 2006.
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Bibliography:
• „La Pologne”, Revue Pouvoirs, N 118, Seuil, 2006.
• http://www.cbos.pl
• http://www.platforma.org
• http://www.tvp.pl
• http://pl.wikipedia.org
• http://www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl