Democratic Party – demokraci.pl
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Democratic Party
Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.l |
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| Leader | Elżbieta Bińczycka |
| Founded | 7 May 2005 |
| Dissolved | 12 November 2016 |
| Preceded by | Freedom Union |
| Headquarters | ul. Marszałkowska 77/79, 00-683 Warsaw |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Left and Democrats (2006-08) |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Colours | Orange |
| Sejm |
0 / 460
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| Senate |
0 / 100
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| European Parliament |
0 / 51
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| Website | |
| http://www.demokraci.pl/ | |
The Democratic Party (Polish: Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl), abbreviated to PD, is a former liberal and social-liberal minor political party in Poland. At the time of its dissolution, it had no members of the Sejm, Senate, or European Parliament.
Its foundation was publicly announced on 28 February 2005 and formally established on 9 May 2005 as an 'enlargement' of the Freedom Union, which it legally succeeds. At the 2007 election to the Sejm, the party ran as part of the Left and Democrats (LiD) list, and won three of the alliance's 53 seats. These members left the party in 2009 to join the newly revived Democratic Party. The party was dissolved on 12 November 2016 to form Union of European Democrats.
The party was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party.
The Democratic Party was formed on the initiative of Freedom Union chairman Władysław Frasyniuk, together with the social-democratic economist Jerzy Hausner, until recently a member of the governing post-communist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), and prominent Christian democrat, former UW member Tadeusz Mazowiecki. It was since strongly supported, but thus far not yet officially joined, by then Prime Minister Marek Belka and centrist members of the Democratic Left Alliance. Although it attracted considerable media attention and support from many Polish intellectuals, it received only 2.5% of the vote (and no seats in parliament) in the Polish parliamentary election in October 2005.
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