League of Polish Families

League of Polish Families
Liga Polskich Rodzin
LeaderWitold Bałażak[1]
FounderRoman Giertych
Founded30 May 2001
Merger ofNational Democratic Party
National Party
Headquartersul. Hoża 9, 00-528 Warsaw
IdeologyCurrent:
Christian conservatism[2]
Social conservatism[3]
Civic nationalism[4]
Anti-capitalism[5]
Familialism[6]
Pro-Europeanism[7]
Historical:
National democracy[8]
Polish nationalism[9]
National conservatism[10][11][12]
Political Catholicism[13]
Hard Euroscepticism[8]
Political positionRight-wing[14][A]
Historical:
Far-right[15][16][17][18]
ReligionRoman Catholicism
National affiliationCivic Coalition[19]
European affiliationEuropean Christian Political Movement
ColoursSky blue
Anthem"Rota"
Sejm
0 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 51
Website
www.lpr.pl
^ A: The party is also considered economically left-wing.[20][21]
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The League of Polish Families (Polish: Liga Polskich Rodzin, pronounced [ˈli.ɡa ˈpɔl.skix ˈrɔ.d͡ʑin], LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past.[22][23][24][25][26][27] 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.[28]

It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński[29] until the latter dissolved in September 2007.[30] 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.

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  20. ^ Gorbaniuk, Oleg [in Polish] (2010). "Wpływ katastrofy pod Smoleńskiem na atrybucję cech osobowości ugrupowaniom politycznym" [The Impact of the Smolensk Air Crash on the Attribution of Personality Traits to Political Parties] (PDF). Current Problems of Psychiatry. 11 (2). John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 118. League of Polish Families – ultra-catholic, radical nationalist party. It combines social conservatism with isolationism (anti-EU) and left-wing economic policies, based upon its own interpretation of Catholic Social Teaching.
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