Congress of the New Right
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Congress of the New Right
Kongres Nowej Prawicy |
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| Leader | Michał Marusik |
| Founded | 25 March 2011 |
| Merger of |
Liberty and Lawfulness Real Politics Union |
| Headquarters | ul. Wilcza 29A lokal 4A, 00-544 Warszawa |
| Ideology |
Libertarian conservatism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European Parliament group | Europe of Nations and Freedom |
| Sejm |
1 / 460
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| Senate |
0 / 100
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| European Parliament |
2 / 51
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| Regional assemblies |
0 / 555
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| Website | |
| nowaprawicajkm |
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The Congress of the New Right (Polish: Kongres Nowej Prawicy, Nowa Prawica or just KNP) is an economically libertarian, socially conservative and radically Eurosceptic political party in Poland. The party was founded on 25 March 2011 by Janusz Korwin-Mikke, from the merger of the Liberty and Lawfulness (WiP) with several members of the Real Politics Union (UPR). The former leader Korwin-Mikke was ousted from the party in 2015. The party assumed the official name Congress of the New Right on 12 May 2011.
The political organisation KNP was founded by supporters of Liberty and Lawfulness leader, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, who finished fourth in the 2010 Polish presidential election, receiving 2.5% votes (over 400,000). Taking advantage of his rising popularity, a group of political activists derived from both the former party of Janusz Korwin-Mikke, the Real Politics Union, and the Liberty and Lawfulness (dissolved three days earlier), came together on 9 October 2010 to form a new party: the "Real Politics Union – Liberty and Lawfulness". The new party took part in the 2010 local Polish elections, represented by commissioner Tomasz Sommer . The committee put forward candidates in thirteen voivodeships. The "Congress of the New Right" equaled the results of its leader in two voivodeships, małopolskie (2.69%) and mazowieckie (2.32%). In terms of overall country-wide votes, the party concluded the election at seventh place. The committee had candidates for the position of mayor in some main cities in Poland in the same 2010 elections. Janusz Korwin-Mikke ended fourth in the mayoral election in Warsaw, gaining 3.90% of the eligible votes. Afterwards, the new party, the Congress of the New Right was founded on 25 March 2011, a day after the "Real Politics Union – Liberty and Lawfulness" had ceased to exist.
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