Civic Platform
political party in Poland
Civic Platform (Polish: Platforma Obywatelska) is a political party in Poland. It is currently the second largest political party in Poland.
Civic Platform | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Donald Tusk |
| Founded | 24 January 2001 |
| Split from | Solidarity Electoral Action, Freedom Union |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism[1] Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right[2][3] |
The party gets a lot of its support from the north and west of Poland.
Some famous Civic Platform politicians include Donald Tusk, Jerzy Buzek, Ewa Kopacz, Bronisław Komorowski and Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.
Beliefs
changeThe party supports the European Union.[4]
The party is against same-sex marriage, abortion,[5] euthanasia,[6] fetal stem cell research and the removal of religious symbols from schools.
References
change- ↑ Mart Laar. The Power of Freedom - Central and Eastern Europe after 1945. Unitas Foundation. p. 229. ISBN 978-9949-21-479-2.
- ↑ Nathaniel Copsey (2013). "Poland:An Awkward Partner Redeemed". In Simon Bulmer; Christian Lequesne (eds.). The Member States of the European Union (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 191.
- ↑ Aleks Szczerbiak (2012). Poland Within the European Union: New awkward partner or new heart of Europe?. Routledge. p. 2.
- ↑ Ingo Peters (September 2011). 20 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Transitions, State Break-Up and Democratic Politics in Central Europe and Germany. BWV Verlag. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-8305-1975-1. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Tusk: Udało nam się ochronić kompromis". gazeta.pl. 13 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
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Other websites
change- Official website (in Polish)