Modern (political party)

Modern
.Nowoczesna
LeaderAdam Szłapka
FounderRyszard Petru
FoundedMay 2015
Membership (2018)4,160
Ideology
Political positionCentre[5][6] to centre-right[7][8][9]
National affiliationCivic Coalition
Senate Pact 2023 (for 2023 Senate election)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Sejm
10 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 52
Regional assemblies
6 / 552
City Presidents
0 / 107
Website
nowoczesna.org

Modern (Polish: Nowoczesna, styled as ".Nowoczesna") is a centrist[5][6] to centre-right[7][8][9] political party in Poland. It is currently led by Adam Szłapka.

It was formed in 2015 as "NowoczesnaPL" although it had to change the name to ".Nowoczesna" later that year due to a dispute with the similarly named Modern Poland Foundation. Its first president Ryszard Petru served until 2017, when he was succeeded by Katarzyna Lubnauer. It first gained seats in the 2015 parliamentary election, and in 2018 it joined the Civic Coalition to participate together in the local elections. Szłapka was elected as the president in 2019. Modern is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and it is orientated towards the principles of liberalism,[1][2] neoliberalism,[3][4] and classical liberalism.[10] It also supports Poland's membership in the European Union.[11]

  1. ^ a b Paul Kubicek (2017). European Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-317-20638-5.
  2. ^ a b Marek Payerhin, ed. (2016). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2016-2017. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4758-2897-9.
  3. ^ a b Pehe, Veronika (13 January 2017). "The end of the liberal opposition – and not just in Poland". Krytyka Polityczna. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. While MPs occupied the assembly hall, the leader of the neoliberal party Nowoczesna ("Modern"), Ryszard Petru, stated that due the parliamentary occupation, no opposition politician should go on vacation.
  4. ^ a b Sierakowski, Sławomir (12 August 2015). "The materialist turn in Polish politics". openDemocracy. The aftermath of the elections also saw the successful launch of a new party, Nowoczesna.pl [eng. modern], by Ryszard Petru, a well-known neoliberal economist and a protégé of Leszek Balcerowicz, the man behind Poland's post-'89 shock therapy.
  5. ^ a b Henningsen, Bernd; Etzold, Tobias; Hanne, Krister, eds. (15 September 2017). The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide: History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. p. 352. ISBN 978-3-8305-1727-6.
  6. ^ a b Nardelli, Alberto (22 October 2015). "Polish elections 2015: a guide to the parties, polls and electoral system". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b Krzyszczyk, Kamil (2024). "Post-transformation Politics, Socio-Economic Cleavages and Populism in Central and Eastern Europe". Analysis and Policy in Economics. Paris School of Economics: 77.
  8. ^ a b "Co on kombinuje? Biedroń gratuluje PO i Nowoczesnej oraz zapowiada powstanie postępowej koalicji by zbudować nowoczesną Polskę". wPolityce.pl (in Polish). 8 June 2019.
  9. ^ a b Szostkiewicz, Adam (9 June 2016). "Nowoczesna nie taka nowoczesna". Polityka (in Polish).
  10. ^ Marek Payerhin, ed. (2016). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2016-2017. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 339. ISBN 9781475828979. Another new movement was the Modern of Ryszard Petru, later styled as Modern (Nowoczesna) or simply ".N." This classical liberal party created by an economist, Ryszard Petru, received 7.6% of votes and 28 seats in the Sejm (it later gained an additional deputy who left Kukiz'15)
  11. ^ Henningsen, Bernd; Etzold, Tobias; Hanne, Krister (15 September 2017). The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide: History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model. BWV Verlag. ISBN 9783830517276.