Initiative for Poland

The Initiative for Poland (Polish: Inicjatywa dla Polski) or IdP, was a short-lived centre-right Christian democratic Polish political party.

History

The party was created in Poznań on the 14 June 2003 on the initiative of the former finance minister Aldona Kamela-Sowińska^[1] Among the first members were Andrzej Sośnierz, Zbigniew Zysk and Władysław Medwid.

For the 2004 European parliamentary elections the party had a host of famous candidates on their electoral lists, notably Barbara Borys-Damięcka (former senator and film director), Wilibald Winkler (former Silesian voivode), Andrzej Wiszniewski (former minister for education), Dorota Czudowska (former senator), Wojciech Szczęsny Kaczmarek (former mayor of Poznań), Bartłomiej Sochański (former mayor of Szczecin), Korneliusz Pacuda (journalist), Tomasz Wójtowicz (Olympian and volleyball player) and Ryszard Jankowski (former football manager). They received 88565 votes, an overall share of 1.45%.^[2]

In the autumn of 2004 there were serious talks of a merger with the Centre Party but this never materialised in the end.^[3]

In 2005 for the parliamentary elections that year the majority used Civic Platform's electoral lists^[4] whilst a minority used the Centre Party's lists.^[5]

On the 5 January 2006 at the party AGM, it was decided that the party will be dissolved. Most of the activists joined other political parties, most joined the Civic Platform. The party was officially de-registered on 29 September 2006.

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Political parties and political associations in Poland

Represented in
the Sejm

• United Right (191)
  • Law and Justice (165)
  • Sovereign Poland (18)
  • Renew RP (5)
  • Polish Affairs (1)
  • Independent (2)*
• Civic Coalition (157)
  • Civic Platform (127)
  • Modern (6)
  • Polish Initiative (4)
  • The Greens (3)
  • AGROunion (1)
  • Yes! For Poland (1)
  • Independents (15)**
• The Left (26)
  • New Left (19)
  • Left Together (7)
• Poland 2050 (33)
• Polish Coalition (32)
  • Polish People's Party (28)
  • Centre for Poland (3)
  • Independent (1)***
• Confederation (18)
  • National Movement (6)
  • New Hope (8)
  • Confederation of the Polish Crown (3)
• Kukiz'15 (3)

Represented in
the Senate

• United Right (34)
  • Law and Justice (29)
  • Sovereign Poland (1)
  • Independents (4)
• Civic Coalition (41)
  • Civic Platform (36)
  • Yes! For Poland (1)
  • Independents (4)
• Third Way (Poland) (12)
  • Poland 2050 (5)
  • Polish People's Party (4)
  • Centre for Poland (1)
  • Union of European Democrats (1)
  • Independent (1)
• The Left (9)
  • New Left (5)
  • Left Together (2)
  • Polish Socialist Party (1)
  • Labour Union (1)
• Independents (4)

Represented in the
European Parliament

• United Right (27)
  • Law and Justice (25)
  • United Poland (2)
• Civic Coalition (15)
  • Civic Platform (14)
  • The Greens (1)
• The Left (4)
  • New Left (4)
• Polish People's Party (3)

Other existing parties
and
political movements

• Polish Coalition
  • Alliance of Democrats
  • Silesians Together
  • Agreement (political party)
• Confederation
  • All-Polish Youth*
  • National League
  • Party of Drivers
  • Union of Christian Families
• United Beyond Boundaries
• Better Poland
• Civic Initiative
• Christian Democracy of the Third Polish Republic
• Common Powiat
• Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement
• Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras
• Falanga
• First Self-Governance League
• Freedom and Equality
• Kashubian Association
• Labour Party
• League of Polish Families
• National Party of Retirees and Pensioners
• National Radical Camp (1993)*
• National Revival of Poland
• New Democracy - Yes
• Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy
• Organisation of the Polish Nation - Polish League
• Peasants' Party
• Piast Faction
• Polish Left
• Polish Pirate Party
• Polish Party of Animal Protection
• Polish Communist Party
• Real Politics Union
• Right Wing of the Republic
• Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland
• Self-Defence Rebirth
• Silesian Autonomy Movement*
• Silesian Regional Party*
• Silesian Separatist Movement*
• Socialist Alternative
• Solidarity*
• Slavic Union
• There is One Poland
• Workers' Democracy
• Freedomers
• German Minority****

Defunct parties

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Patriotic Party Hetmans' Party Familia Party

Pre-war and inter-war eras

Catholic People's Party Centrolew Communist Party of Poland (KPP) Communist Party of Western Ukraine Communist Party of Western Belorussia Front Morges Labor Party (PP) Labour Faction (1937) National Democracy Christian Union of National Unity Camp of Great Poland Popular National Union National Party National Radical Camp National Radical Camp (1934) National Radical Camp Falanga National Radical Camp ABC National People's Union National Workers' Party Polish Christian Democratic Party Peasant Party People's Party Polish Centre Polish People's Party "Piast" Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie" Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" Polish Socialist Party (1892) Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence Polish Socialist Party – Left Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania

Communist era	Communist Party of Poland (Mijal) Confederation of Independent Poland Front of National Unity Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party United People's Party

Modern era

Ancestral Home Alliance for Poland Alternative Social Movement Agreement for the Future – CenterLeft Catholic Electoral Action Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" Centre Agreement Centre Agreement – Integrative Initiative Centre Agreement – Polish Union Christian Democracy Christian Democracy of the Third Polish Republic Christian National Union Christian-Peasant Party Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Coalition for the Republic Confederation of Independent Poland Conservative People's Party Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union Democratic Party – demokraci.pl Democratic Union Europa Plus European Coalition Feminist Initiative/Women's Party Forward Poland Freedom Union Initiative for Poland Initiative RP League and Self-Defense League of the Right of the Republic Left and Democrats Liberal Democratic Congress Libertas Poland Movement for Reconstruction of Poland Movement for the Republic Movement for the Republic – Patriotic Camp National Party (1989) National Party "Fatherland" National Self-Defence Front Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms Now! Social Alliance Patriotic Self-Defence Party of Regions Party X Peasants' Agreement People's National Movement Poland Comes First Polish Beer-Lovers' Party Poland Fair Play Polish Union Polish Reason of State Polish Labour Party - August 80 Polish National Party Reason Party Right Alliance Self-Defence of the Polish Nation Self-Defence Social Movement Social Justice Movement Solidarity Electoral Action Spring The Poor of Poland The Republicans Third Republic Movement United Left Your Movement

italic font – electoral alliances and/or popular fronts
*: Zbigniew Ajchler
**: Piotr Adamowicz et al.,
***: Marek Biernacki
****: not currently registered as a party

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