Modern (political party)

Modern (Polish: Nowoczesna, styled as .Nowoczesna) is a classical-liberal[3] political party in Poland. The party was founded in May 2015 by the former World Bank economist Ryszard Petru.[4] Katarzyna Lubnauer became the party's leader in November 2017.[5]

Modern

.Nowoczesna
LeaderAdam Szłapka
FounderRyszard Petru
FoundedMay 2015
Membership (2018)4,160
IdeologyClassical liberalism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism[1]
Political positionCentre[1][2]
National affiliationCivic Coalition (2018–)
European Coalition (2019)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Sejm
8 / 460
Senate
1 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 52
Regional assemblies
30 / 552
City Presidents
0 / 107
Website
www.nowoczesna.org

History

The party was founded in late May 2015 as NowoczesnaPL (ModernPL) by economist Ryszard Petru.[6]

Due to some controversy over its name – there had already been a non-governmental organization called the Modern Poland Foundation,[7] In August 2015, the party's name was changed to .Modern (.Nowoczesna).[8]

Around the same time, the party's new logo was presented, and Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz became its spokesperson.[9]

The party received 7.6% of votes in the 2015 parliamentary election, which resulted in winning 28 seats in the Sejm.[10][11]

The party was admitted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) on 4 June 2016.[12]

From 2015 election to end of 2016 Nowoczesna had more support in polls than Platforma Obywatelska. It has lost it after image problems of Ryszard Petru.[13][14]

Katarzyna Lubnauer became the leader of Nowoczesna in November 2017. In leader elections at the party congress, Lubnauer received 149 votes and Petru received 140 votes.[5]

In March 2018, Modern and Civic Platform formed the Civic Coalition electoral alliance to contest the 2018 local elections. In May 2018, founder Ryszard Petru exited the party.[15]

In 2019, Modern was running for the European Parliament as part of the European Coalition.

In June 2019, Modern joined Civic Platform - Civic Coalition parliamentary group. In 2019 Polish parliamentary election the party took part in Civic Coalition along the Civic Platform, Polish Initiative and the Greens. After these elections, Modern rejoined Civic Coalition parliamentary group.

Ideology

The party has been compared to the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), with its emphasis on economic liberalism in its policy platform.[16]

Leadership

Party Leaders
No. Image Name Start Date End Date Time
1. Ryszard Petru 31 May 2015 25 November 2017 2 years, 178 days
2. Katarzyna Lubnauer 25 November 2017 24 November 2019 1 year, 364 days
3. Adam Szłapka 24 November 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 69 days

Parliamentary Leaders
No. Image Name Start Date End Date Time
1. Ryszard Petru 12 November 2015 26 April 2017 1 year, 165 days
2. Katarzyna Lubnauer 26 April 2017 9 January 2018 258 days
3. Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz 9 January 2018 5 December 2018 330 days
4. Katarzyna Lubnauer 6 December 2018 7 December 2019 1 day
5. Paweł Pudłowski 7 December 2018 12 June 2019 187 days

Since 13 June 2019 members of Modern are part of the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.[17]

Election results

Sejm
Election year Leader Number of
votes		 Percentage of
vote		 Number of
overall seats won		 +/– Govt?
2015 Ryszard Petru 1,155,370[10] 7.6 (#4)[10]
28 / 460
 New Opposition
2019 Katarzyna Lubnauer 5,060,355 27.4 (#2)
8 / 460
 20 Opposition
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 134 seats in total.

Senate
Election year Number of
votes		 Percentage of
vote		 Number of
overall seats won		 +/– Govt?
2015 394 817[10] 2.6 (#5)[10]
0 / 100
 New Opposition
2019 6,490,306 35.7 (#2)
1 / 100
 1 Opposition
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 43 seats in total.

Regional assemblies
Election year Percentage of
vote		 Number of
overall seats won		 +/–
2018 27.1 (#2)
31 / 552
 New
As part of Civic Coalition, which won 194 seats in total.

European Parliament
Election year Percentage of
vote		 Number of
overall seats won		 +/–
2019 38.47 (#2)
0 / 52
 New
As part of European Coalition, which won 22 seats in total.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Marek Payerhin, ed. (2016). Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe 2016-2017. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4758-2897-9.
  4. Tom Lansford, ed. (2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. SAGE Publications. p. 1219. ISBN 978-1-5063-2715-0.
  5. Broniatowski, Michał (26 November 2017). "Polish opposition party elects new female leader". Politico Europe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ""Ciepła woda w kranie jest w Kijowie". Ryszard Petru obiecuje likwidację przywilejów" (in Polish). TVN24. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. "Nowoczesna.pl to plagiat? Fundacja protestuje przeciw zawłaszczaniu jej nazwy" (in Polish). wpolityce.pl. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. "Nowoczesna bez "PL", ale z kwadratową kropką. Ugrupowanie Petru zmienia wizerunek" (in Polish). TVN24. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. "Nowoczesna z nowym rzecznikiem, logo i "jedynką"". Newsweek Polska (in Polish). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. "PKW: PiS zdobyło 37,58 proc. głosów. Wchodzi pięć partii, lewica poza Sejmem" (in Polish). TVN24. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  11. Matthew S. Shugart; Rein Taagepera (2017). Votes from Seats: Logical Models of Electoral Systems. Cambridge University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-108-41702-0.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/nowoczesna-wyprzedza-po-czyli-rewolucja-w-sondazach-poparcia-dla-partii/hcwexx9
  14. https://www.wnp.pl/parlamentarny/sondaze/sondaz-pis-z-35-5-proc-poparciem-otwiera-podzial-mandatow-w-sejmie-stawke-zamyka-kukiz-15,95.html
  15. http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/363047,Founder-of-Poland’s-opposition-Nowoczesna-party-quits
  16. Reinhold Vetter. Nationalismus im Osten Europas: Was Kaczynski und Orbán mit Le Pen und Wilders verbindet. Ch. Links Verlag. p. 61. ISBN 978-3-86153-939-1.
  17. https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/Artykul/2324873,Poslowie-Nowoczesnej-wstapili-do-klubu-Platformy-ObywatelskiejKoalicji-Obywatelskiej
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