Europa Plus (Poland)

Europa Plus (formally Europa Plus Social Movement, Polish: Ruch Społeczny Europa Plus) was a pro-European centre-left coalition of parties in Poland, formed to contest the 2014 European Parliament election. The alliance described itself as a "modern centre-left formation".[1]

The coalition was founded on 3 February 2013 by the Palikot's Movement, Social Democracy of Poland, Labour United,[2] the Union of the Left and the Reason Party. The project was led by Marek Siwiec (a former Vice President of the Democratic Left Alliance and then-current MEP), Aleksander Kwasniewski (a former President of Poland and member of the Democratic Left Alliance) and Janusz Palikot.[3][4] However, on 15 June 2013, Labour United congress instead stated it would continue its previous coalition with the Democratic Left Alliance.[5][6] The Democratic Party – demokraci.pl later joined the alliance on 24 June 2013.[7] Other parties listed in the alliance's website are the Democratic Party and the Polish Labour Party. The alliance's programme supported the introduction of the Euro to Poland by January 2019, a new system of health care in Poland and free Internet access for Polish citizens.[8] On 6 October 2013, Palikot's Movement was reorganised into Your Movement.[citation needed] On 7 February 2014, the Union of the Left and Social Democracy of Poland exited the alliance.[9]

In the 2014 European election, Europa Plus received 3.58% of the vote, below the 5% threshold to elect any MEPs.[10] On 29 May 2014, it was announced that the alliance had been disbanded.[11]

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  2. ^ "Ruch Palikota: będzie wspólne stanowisko programowe m.in. z SdPl i UP - Wiadomości - WP.PL". Wiadomosci.wp.pl. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The Warsaw Voice". Warsawvoice.pl. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Palikot: RP i SdPL razem do europarlamentu". Tvn24.pl. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  5. ^ mp (15 June 2013). "Unia Pracy znów chce koalicji z SLD". rp.pl. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Dom maklerski DI BRE - akcje giełda notowania analiza techniczna kontrakty". Dibre.pl. Retrieved 25 July 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "The Warsaw Voice". Warsawvoice.pl. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  8. ^ ""Europa Plus" chce działać na naszym terenie - Oława - Gazeta Powiatowa". gazeta-olawa.pl. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Pkw | Pkw". Pe2014.pkw.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  11. ^ Veröffentlicht von Lars Leschewitz (29 May 2014). "Bündnis Europa Plus am Ende". Polen-heute.de. Retrieved 16 July 2014.