Liberal Democratic Congress Kongres Liberalno Demokratyczny | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Janusz Lewandowski (first) Donald Tusk (last) |
| Founders | Donald Tusk Janusz Lewandowski |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| Merged into | Freedom Union |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Centre Agreement (until 1991) |
| European affiliation | European Democrat Union |
| Timeline of Polish liberal parties after 1989 |
| • Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action /ROAD (1990–1991) • Liberal Democratic Congress /KLD (1990–1994) • Democratic Union /UD (1991–1994) • Freedom Union /UW (1994–2005) • Democratic Party /PD (2005– ) • Palikot's Movement /RP (2011–2013) • Your Movement /TR (2013– ) • Modern/.N (2015– ) |
The Liberal Democratic Congress (Polish: Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny (KLD)) was a conservative-liberal political party in Poland.[1]
The party, led by Donald Tusk, had roots in the Solidarity movement. It advocated free market economy and individual liberty (however in Catholic understanding), rejected extremism and fanaticism and favoured European integration (in the form of European Union membership), rapid privatisation of the enterprises still owned by the Polish state and decentralisation of the government.
Until 1991 was a part of the Centre Agreement led by the Kaczyński brothers. In the 1991 general elections KLD got 7.5% of the votes and 37 seats in the Sejm (total 460 seats). In 1993 KLD got 4.0% of the votes and was left without seats.
It merged on March 20, 1994 with the Democratic Union (Unia Demokratyczna) into the Freedom Union (Unia Wolności, UW). Some of the former KLD members decided in January 2001 to move to join the new Civic Platform. The KLD group within Civic Platform is now seen as moderate conservative. The liberal faction within Civic Platform is small and insignificant, represented by such politicians as Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz and Adam Szejnfeld.
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Election results
Sejm
| Election year | # of votes |
% of vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 839,978 | 7.5 | 37 / 460
|
 37
|
| 1993 | 550,578 | 4.0 | 0 / 460
|
 37
|
Senate
| Election year | # of overall seats won |
+/– |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6 / 100
|
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| 1993 | 1 / 100
|
5
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References
- ^ Jerzy Szacki (1994). Liberalism After Communism. Central European University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-85866-016-5.
See also
- List of Liberal Democratic Congress politicians
- Contributions to liberal theory
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
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This page was last edited on 14 January 2024, at 14:10