League of Polish Families
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The League of Polish Families (Polish: Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past.[20][21][22][23][24][25] 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.[26]
League of Polish Families Liga Polskich Rodzin | |
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Leader | Witold Bałażak[1] |
Founder | Roman Giertych |
Founded | 30 May 2001 |
Merger of | National Democratic Party National Party |
Headquarters | ul. Hoża 9, 00-528 Warsaw |
Ideology | Current: Christian conservatism[2] Theodemocracy[3] Social conservatism[4] Civic nationalism[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 position | Right-wing[14] Historical: Far-right[15][16][17][18] |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
National affiliation | Civic Coalition[19] |
European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
Colours | Sky blue |
Anthem | "Rota" |
Sejm | 0 / 460
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Senate | 0 / 100
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European Parliament | 0 / 51
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Website | |
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It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński[27] until the latter dissolved in September 2007.[28] 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.