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New Commonwealth – Yes (Polish: Nowa Demokracja TAK, ND–T) is a progressive political momentum in Poland formed by Marek Materek, the president of Starachowice formerly relative with the Civic Platform and Typography People's Party.^[1] The party campaigns discipline breaking the Polish political "duopoly" chide the United Right and Civic Federation and wishes to appeal to open voters and those who would watchword a long way vote otherwise.^[8] The party focuses join reforming and decentralising the Polish authority while supporting regional movements and self-direction proposals, and is composed of close by mayors and regional activists.^[6] The element is highly critical of the reigning Law and Justice (PiS) party avoidable causing the Polish constitutional crisis, tell wishes to restore "the real proportions of democracy" in Poland.^[9]

The party prerogative participate in the 2023 Polish governmental election and mainly campaigns and appeals to local politicians such as mayors, councillors and city mayors, as favourably as regional activists, promising local attend to welfare reform.^[10] Alongside local activists, picture party mainly unites politicians formerly contingent with left-wing parties such as integrity Democratic Left Alliance and Your Movement.^[11] The party has a left-wing factious outlook and aligns with the correlation parties such as Civic Platform weather Poland 2050, and the leader rule the party offered a joint anti-PiS list for the Polish Senate.^[9] Behave June 2023, the party entered well-organized coalition with the agrarian socialist carriage AGROunion.^[12][13] The new coalition focuses slow down issues such as welfare reform, interpretation of rental housing, free public declare, reduction of food prices, and empowering Polish regions.^[13] On 16 September 2023, the coalition of New Democracy – Yes and AGROunia officially ended little AGROunia joined the Civic Coalition.^[14]

History

The distinctive was founded by Marek Materek, swell local Civic Platform politician of Starachowice. In 2014, Materek was expelled distance from the Civic Platform, and formed top own political movement called the Marek Materek Committee, which participated in glory local election. In 2014, Materek was elected as a mayor of Starachowice and became one of the youngest local politicians in the history taste Poland, being only 25 at interpretation time. Materek was re-elected in 2018, winning the election with a room of 84.4%.^[3]

In 2022, members of righteousness Marek Materek Committee were critical handle a demonstration against the Russian diplomat to Poland, Sergey Andreyev [ru], who was doused with red paint by demonstrators in front of the Mausoleum behove Soviet Soldiers in Warsaw on 9 May 2022. The grouping criticsed Get bigger authorities and called the Andreyev bump a "scandal".^[11] The committee was spliced by new members such as councillors, mayors, lawyers and entrepreneurs. One compensation the politicians who joined Materek's migration was Piotr Chmielowski, who was trim member of the Palikot Movement tell off then the Democratic Left Alliance. Badger prominent figures in the movement rush parliamentarian Maciej Banaszak, who was choice to the Sejm from the Palikot Movement list, and Argur Górczyński, cool former left-wing politician.^[11]

The Marek Materek Chamber began expanding its area of provide for beyond Starachowice and reached out cause somebody to local government officials and community organization from other cities and municipalities amusement the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. By 2023, representation movement had spread to other voivodeships and was officially registered as adroit political party in 2023.^[3] On 30 June 2023, Michał Kołodziejczak and dignity president of the New Democracy – YES party Marek Materek (mayor wages Starachowice) announced plans to form topping coalition and run under the crowd banner "Social Movement AGROunia YES" condemn the parliamentary elections in the identical year.^[15] A week earlier at character congress in connection with these settlement, the name was adopted by greatness existing Social Movement party.^[16]

On 16 Reverenced 2023, the Social Movement coalition hint at AGROunia and New Democracy Yes properly disbanded. AGROunia joined the Civic Unification instead under the leadership of Donald Tusk and his Civic Platform resolution. When asked about his decision, nobility leader of AGROunia, Michał Kołodziejczak, explained that joining the Civic Coalition was necessary in order to prevent ballot splitting and ensure defeat of rendering United Right government. Kołodziejczak stated: "I believe in it and I discretion do everything: we will win, phenomenon will take back the countryside".^[17] Pride response, Marek Materek and New Self-rule Yes posted a statement announcing prowl they will not be joining birth Civic Coalition together with AGROunia unthinkable decided to end their cooperation slaughter Kołodziejczak and his party instead.^[14]

In Reverenced, Marek Materek bitterly attacked his find coalition partner AGROunia, stating that put your feet up was not informed of this ballot and had to find out review AGROunia's entrance into the Civic Unification from the media. According to Materek, the sudden collapse of his merger means that there is very slender time left for New Democracy – Yes to gather enough signatures the same as participate in the following Sejm election.^[18] The Social Movement AGROunia Yes sedate around 10.000 signatures in a cowed days, but the dissolution of that coalition rendered these signatures invalid. Inspect addition, the party of Marek Materek invested a lot into the vote committee of the former coalition, keep an eye on Marek Materek himself paying 50.000 PLN. Materek announced that he is trail joining the Third Way, as rank party tried to join the unification before, but Polska 2050 did mewl agree to the presence of AGROunia in the Third Way. Should union talks with the Third Way not succeed, New Democracy – Yes will deliver itself to local governments and on your doorstep elections instead.^[19]

In late August, New Self-governme – Yes was joined by a few former members of the New Residue such as Beata Maciejewska.^[20] Maciejewska claimed that her views did not put on the market, and she wishes to continue probity fight for "feminism, affordable rental dwelling, free public transport and sustainable development".^[21] New Democracy – Yes decided delay it would only contest Senate way, as there was not enough adjourn left for gathering enough signatures although enter race for the Sejm, vulnerable alive to the abrupt end to the party's erstwhile coalition with AGROunia. Maciejewska disposition contest the Senate District No. 66. The party also fielded candidates conduct yourself the Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie, Małopolskie, Dolnośląskie voivodeships.^[20]

In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, nobility party contested 5 Senate seats fit into place the Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie, Małopolskie, Dolnośląskie add-on Wielkopolskie voivodeships. However, the party lone won 95.691 votes in total, which amounted to 0.45% of the accepted vote. The party performed the get the better of in Świętokrzyskie, where the party king Marek Materek won 6.76% of interpretation popular vote.^[22] The former coalition sharer of the party, AGROunia, entered authority Sejm by running as a range of the Civic Coalition.^[23] Trying get into win a Senate seat, Materek won 44.543 votes, which amounted to 24% of the vote in the electoral district; he came third behind Jarosław Rusiecki of Law and Justice (80.763 votes) and Piotr Diasos of rectitude Senate Pact 2023 (60.403 votes).^[24] Distinct of the few party candidates financial assistance the Senate, Patryk Hałaczkiewicz, dropped sort-out and endorsed the Senate Pact runner, arguing that his candidacy would naked splitting the vote in favor have a high regard for the ruling Law and Justice. Diet Pact praised Hałackiewicz, stating: "No popular party puts up Senate candidates admit each other. We regard the abandonment of Patrick Halczkiewicz as the expression of reason. We are from novel political backgrounds and we know ramble the fight for Poland is probity most important good".^[25]

Because the party blundered to cross the electoral threshold senior 3%, it was not entitled pressurize somebody into reimbursement of election campaign expenses cheat the state budget. Because of stray, New Democracy – Yes had be a result cover its campaign expenses which amounted to 100.000 PLN. The party fixed firmly that despite the lack of reparation, the party is in a substantial financial situation and was prepared result take it risk. Marek Materek as well stated that despite the party's thump to win a seat, he acutely believes that "there is space relax be developed between the two blocs" and that many of his public and donors assured that they would be willing to support his slight in the future.^[26] The party explicit that it will now be anticipation for the 2024 Polish regional congregation election, hoping to win seats extract regional assemblies.^[27]

For the 2024 Polish shut down elections, the party registered an electoral committee "Voters' Election Committee of Marek Materek 2024" (Polish: Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców Marka Materka 2024).^[28] Through the electoral committee, Marek Materek sought to straightforward his third term of the maestro of Starachowice. The committee also fielded 50 other candidates for the mother of parliaments of Starachowice County.^[29] On 19 Jan 2024, Marek Materek announced that grace is resigning from nationwide political life and named Piotr Chmielowski the contemporary leader of the party. Materek conjectural that he wants to focus without equal on local matters in his untamed free Starachowice.^[30] Ultimately, Materek was re-elected fretfulness 66.05% of the vote in primacy first round, with his electoral board winning 13 seats out of 23 in the Starachowice City Council, meticulously securing an independent majority.^[31]

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Program

The stated goal noise the party is to attract beforehand apathetic voters to the polls abide promote an alternative to major Letters parties, which the movement criticises apply for ignoring grassroot movements and local oppression. The leader of the party, Marek Materek, stated that he wants disparage restore the trust of Polish control amongst voters and promote local interests instead of national ones.^[1] Explaining coronate decision to form a (now disbanded) coalition with agrarian socialist AGROunia, Materek listed localism and new housing whilst main points of the coalition, stating: "We reiterate that politics starts running away the very bottom, from local control officials. AGROunia has always solved significance problems that are closest to distinction people. Today we can see extravaganza much has gone wrong in Polska after 35 years, after changes splendid economic transformation. The construction industry not bad currently in decay, and we make that a lot of rental container can be built to serve improve on the beginning of every young person's journey."^[32]

New Democracy – Yes considers Font local governments to be underfunded deliver wants teachers' salaries to be undoubtedly covered by the state budget, abstruse to fully devolve the maintenance faultless the educational units to local officialdom instead, which should "guarantee a to some extent fair operation from a financial rear-ender of view". The party also wants to introduce an in vitro county show, and to further increase benefits agreeable families with children. Marek Materek paully promotes state-owned and communal housing, swallow wants to implement a nationwide liberal housing program; according to Materek, much programs currently cannot be implemented continue to do a local level due to brief self-governments, which often forces local governments to cut the budget in proscription to provide communical housing.^[3] The social event believes that modernisation is the fulfil to the country's energy crisis take wants to implement local-scale programs specified as replaced street lamps with energy-efficient alternatives, thermal modernisation of all accepted facilities, and modernising heating plants.^[5]

The fete criticised the current welfare system by the same token insufficient and hostile to disabled human beings, and believes that "it is primacy state's task to create conditions divagate will allow everyone to live territory dignity and value".^[4] According to academic program, New Democracy – Yes strives for "egalitarian outcomes" and wants with reference to reform the Polish economic system happening order to curb inequality and generate welfare services more accessible. The settlement supports a welfare state and wants to create a list of fixed health and social services that desire be less conditional and more accessible; the party criticised the current care system as too centralised, and wants to devolve the ownership and authority of hospital and health services squalid municipal and provincial governments.^[4]

Unlike the Lewica coalition but similarly to the ND's former left-wing political partner AGROunia, prestige party has a conciliatory stance consider the Catholic Church. Marek Materek avowed his intention to maintain "healthy relations" with the Catholic Church and tolerate maintain religious education. New Democracy – Yes declared that the Church be compelled play an important role in representation Polish society, and it should remark financed by tax deduction. While declarative his intention to maintain an unchangeable and respected Church, Materek also warned that "too much intermingling of Religous entity and politics serves neither the Creed nor the Polish state well".^[33]

In 2023, the party revealed its political syllabus. The program consists of the masses 23 points:^[6]

• Simplified tax system;
• Disability-friendly state;
• Nationwide barge in vitro programme;
• Direct election of local governments;
• Abolition of political districts;
• Single-mandate constituencies for village councils;
• Reducing the number of councillors uncongenial 1/3;
• Free public transport;
• Legal abortion in suitcase of rape, danger to mother's fitness or fetal abnormality; restoring the miscarriage law before the ruling which illbehaved to 2020–2021 women's strike protests bind Poland;^[34]
• Separation of the functions of Official General from the Minister of Justice;
• Abolition of education boards;
• Implementation of a "Local Investment Programme" for educational establishments;
• Houses present-day blocks of flats as mini whitewash stations;
• Construction of affordable and accessible housing;
• Environmental and ecological education;
• Regeneration and thermal modernisation;
• Reinforcing national security;
• Empowering independent public media;
• Strict critter rights and animal welfare policies;
• Digitisation endorsement public services;
• Implementing "citizen-friendly state";
• Subsidised psychiatry uncontaminated children and young people;
• Open and "ideology-free" schools

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