Your Movement

Your Movement
Twój Ruch
FounderJanusz Palikot
Founded1 June 2011 (RP)
6 October 2013 (TR)
DissolvedJanuary 2023
Split fromCivic Platform
Headquartersul. Nowy Świat 39
00-029 Warsaw
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionSyncretic[1][2][A]
National affiliationThe Left (Affiliate)
ColoursOrange and blue
Website
twojruch.eu
^ A: The party was variously described as right-wing,[3][4] centre-right,[5] centrist,[1][2] centre-left,[6] and left-wing.[7] It combined economical liberalism,[8] was compared to Thatcherism,[9] with social progressivism.[10]
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Your Movement (Polish: Twój Ruch, which can also be translated as Your Move,[11] TR) was a social liberal, neoliberal, populist and anti-clerical political party in Poland.[12][8][13][14] The party was founded by Janusz Palikot, a former Civic Platform MP, in October 2010[15] as Palikot's Movement (Polish: Ruch Palikota, RP). The party was classified as a right-wing,[3][4] centre-right,[5] centrist,[1][2] centre-left,[6] or a left-wing[7] party in the context of Polish politics, one which was "struggling with its political identity and finding it difficult to decide whether it was really a left-wing party at all or more of an economically and socially liberal centrist grouping."[2]

Palikot's Movement wanted to end religious education in state schools, end state subsidies of churches, legalize abortion on demand, lower the voting age to 16,[16] give out free condoms,[17] allow same-sex marriages,[15] switch to the mixed-member proportional representation system,[18] reform the Social Security Agency, abolish the Senate,[19] legalize cannabis,[20] raise the retirement age,[21] replace free university programs with tuition-based paid ones,[8] and implement flat taxes.[22] The party adopted its revised name and programme on 6 October 2013.[11][23]

  1. ^ a b c Engler, Sarah; Pytlas, Bartek; Deegan-Krause, Kevin (2019). "Assessing the diversity of anti-establishment and populist politics in Central and Eastern Europe" (PDF). West European Politics. 42 (6). Routledege: 1331. doi:10.1080/01402382.2019.1596696.
  2. ^ a b c d Szczerbiak, Aleks (28 July 2015). "Does the Polish left have a future?". openDemocracy.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Omar, Yacoob Abba (2020). "Strategy And Tactics In A Digital Era" (PDF). Umrabulo (48): 24. Jacunski points out that all the enthusiasm for digital parties has not been reflected in Poland 'where the core of the electoral process depends on established parties, rarely bringing unexpected breakthroughs' apart from the 2009 success of the right wing Palikot's Movement (10:2018).
  5. ^ a b Gardner, Andrew (10 October 2011). "Tusk wins second term in Poland". The Politico. However, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has an unexpected range of options, as a liberal centre-right party – Palikot's Movement – that was formed just 12 months ago came in third, with 10.1% and 39 seats.
  6. ^ a b Gianluca Passarelli, ed. (2015). The Presidentialization of Political Parties: Organizations, Institutions and Leaders. Springer. p. 117.
  7. ^ a b Gera, Vanessa (7 October 2011). "AP Interview: New Polish party on the rise". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  8. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference open2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference syska was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference mel1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b "Gowin, Palikot form new political groups". wbj.pl. Warsaw Business Journal. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Can Robert Biedroń save the Polish left?". London School of Economics. 24 January 2019. The latter was an anti-clerical social liberal party led by controversial businessman Janusz Palikot which came from nowhere to finish third with just over 10% of the votes in the 2011 election but failed to capitalise on its success.
  13. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference populist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ a b "10 percent support for rebel MP's party?". TheNews.pl. Polskie Radio. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  16. ^ "Nowiny z Polski, filmy online, aktualności, gry, ciekawostki - OFIO.pl". 29 March 2018.
  17. ^ Strybel, Rob (3 October 2010). "Polish maverick MP launches anti-clerical party". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  18. ^ Flis, Jarosław (2021). "Mixed-Member Electoral System for Poland. Prospective Models and their Political Consequences" (PDF).
  19. ^ "Modern Poland's postulates on their website" (PDF) (in Polish). 15 January 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  20. ^ "POROZUMIENIE WOLNE KONOPIE - RUCH PALIKOTA". wolnekonopie.pl. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference butora was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ "What does Palikot's big win mean for Poland?". Warsaw Business Journal. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  23. ^ Tom Lansford (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. SAGE Publications. pp. 4973–4974. ISBN 978-1-4833-7155-9.