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Freedom and Equality
Polish political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Freedom and Equality (Polish: Wolność i Równość, WiR), previously called Union of the Left (Polish: Unia Lewicy, UL); is a minor social-democratic political party in Poland founded on 20 March 2005 through the union of several left-wing organisations and parties, including: Worker's Democracy, Young Socialists, Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu RACJA, Centrolewica Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy, Nowa Lewica, Polska Partia Pracy, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna. and Unia Pracy.[1]
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Freedom and Equality Wolność i Równość | |
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Leader | Piotr Musiał |
Founded | 20 March 2005 |
Headquarters | ul. Powsińska 40/2, 02-903 Warsaw |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Anti-clericalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | Europa Plus (2014) United Left (2015-2016) SLD-The Left Together (2018) European Coalition (2019) Democratic Left (2022–) The Left (2023–) |
Colours | Yellow, Black |
Sejm | 0 / 460 |
Senate | 0 / 100 |
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http://wir.info.pl | |
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The party is supported by the "Democratic Women's Union" (Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet), Polish LGBT rights groups, and several small left-wing organisations.