Poland Together

{{distinguish|Razem}}

{{Infobox political party

| country = Poland

| name = Poland Together

| native_name = Polska Razem

| colours = Green, Blue

| logo = Logo of the Poland Together.png

| colorcode = #57BB59

| leader = Jarosław Gowin

| leader2_title = Vice Chairmen

| leader2_name = Adam Bielan
Marek Zagórski
Jadwiga Emilewicz
Marcin Ociepa

| foundation = 7 December 2013

| merger = Poland Comes First
Conservative People's Party

| split = Civic Platform
Law and Justice

| predecessor = Poland Comes First

| dissolution = 4 November 2017

| merged = Agreement

| membership_year =

| membership =

| ideology = Liberal conservatism{{cite web|last1=Memches|first1=Filip|title=Kompleks pani Thatcher|url=http://www.rp.pl/artykul/1072110-Kompleks-pani-Thatcher.html|website=rp.pl|publisher=Rzeczpospolita|accessdate=24 November 2017}}
Soft Euroscepticism

| position = Centre-right{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4g1CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA352|title=The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide: History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model|page=352|editor1-last=Henningsen|editor1-first=Bernd|editor2-last=Etzold|editor2-first=Tobias|editor3-last=Hanne|editor3-first=Krister|publisher=Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag|date=15 September 2017|isbn=978-3-8305-1727-6}}

| national = United Right

| headquarters = ul. Piękna 3/8
00-539 Warszawa

| youth_wing = Młoda Prawica

| international =

| european =

| europarl = European Conservatives and Reformists

| website = {{URL|http://polskarazem.pl//}}

}}

{{Conservatism in Poland}}

Poland Together ({{langx|pl|Polska Razem}}, PR or PRZP), formally Poland Together United Right (Polska Razem Zjednoczona Prawica), was a conservative-liberal{{cite book|author=Dariusz Skrzypinski|chapter=Patterns of Recruitment of Polish Candidates in the 2014 European Parliament Elections|editor1=Ruxandra Boicu|editor2=Silvia Branea|editor3=Adriana Stefanel|title=Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis: Perspectives from Central and South-Eastern Europe|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9vQDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA245|year=2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-137-58591-2|page=245}} political party in Poland. The party was founded on 7 December 2013 by former Minister of Justice and Civic Platform member Jarosław Gowin and members of centre-right political parties Poland Comes First{{cite web |url=http://www.pap.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_www.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=infopakiet&dz=kraj&idNewsComp=&filename=&idnews=137648&data=&status=biezace&_CheckSum=-1488337611 |title=Polska Agencja Prasowa |publisher=Pap.pl |date= |accessdate=2014-01-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131207202317/http://www.pap.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_www.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=infopakiet&dz=kraj&idNewsComp=&filename=&idnews=137648&data=&status=biezace&_CheckSum=-1488337611 |archive-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead }} and Conservative People's Party.

Between 2013 and 2014, it had four members of the European Parliament: Adam Bielan, independent politician, initially from Law and Justice party, Paweł Kowal and Marek Migalski, who both joined from Poland Comes First, and Artur Zasada, who joined from Civic Platform. They sat in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) parliamentary group.

In the 2015 presidential election, PR supported the victorious Law and Justice candidate for President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Politics of Poland Together join the election lists under Law and Justice in 2015 Polish parliamentary election and gained 8 seats in Sejm and 6 in Senat. After the elections, some local politicians were elected to parliament, 4 regional leaders of party obtained seats in regional councils (sejmiks), totataling in 12. President of Poland Together Jarosław Gowin became the deputy prime minister, and minister of Science and Higher Education, Piotr Dardziński became deputy minister of Gowin's ministry, Jadwiga Emilewicz became deputy minister of Development, Marek Zagórski became deputy minister of National Treasure, Adam Bielan was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Senate.

In October 2017, Gowin announced that at its next congress, PR would dissolve into a new party including elements from the Republican Association, libertarian activists and local government.{{cite web|title=Gowin: "4 listopada podczas kongresu Polski Razem zostanie zaprezentowana nowa formacja polityczna"|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/362191-gowin-4-listopada-podczas-kongresu-polski-razem-zostanie-zaprezentowana-nowa-formacja-polityczna|website=Wpolityce.pl|accessdate=11 November 2017}} Shortly after this announcement, independent MP Magdalena Błeńska{{cite web|title=Troje posłów złożyło deklaracje przystąpienia do nowej formacji tworzonej przez Polskę Razem. Wśród nich Magdalena Błeńska|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/364486-troje-poslow-zlozylo-deklaracje-przystapienia-do-nowej-formacji-tworzonej-przez-polske-razem-wsrod-nich-magdalena-blenska|website=Wpolityce.pl|accessdate=11 November 2017}} and Senator Józef Zając{{cite web|last1=Bartkiewicz|first1=Artur|title=Józef Zając, senator wybrany z list PSL, dołącza do partii Jarosława Gowina|url=http://www.rp.pl/Polityka/171039932-Jozef-Zajac-senator-wybrany-z-list-PSL-dolacza-do-partii-Jaroslawa-Gowina.html|website=Rp.pl|publisher=Rzeczpospolita|accessdate=11 November 2017}} joined the party. At the congress on 4 November, PR officially dissolved and joined the new Agreement party.{{cite web|title=Polish conservative leader hails new centre-right Alliance party|url=http://thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/333609,Polish-conservative-leader-hails-new-centreright-Alliance-party|website=Thenews.pl|accessdate=11 November 2017}}

Election results

=Sejm=

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Election

! # of
votes

! % of
vote

! # of
overall seats won

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! Government

rowspan="2" | 2015

| 5,711,687

| 37.6 (#1)

| {{Composition bar|8|460|hex={{party color|Poland Together}}}}

| New

| {{yes2|PiS-led Coalition}}

colspan="5" |As a part of a coalition with Law and Justice, which won 235 seats in total.{{Cite web |title=Prawapolityka.pl Energetyka, samorządy, demografia – WYWIAD z dr Janem Klawiterem |url=http://prawapolityka.pl/2015/11/energetyka-samorzady-demografia-wywiad-z-dr-janem-klawiterem/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=prawapolityka.pl}}

= European Parliament =

class="wikitable"
Election

! # of
votes

! % of
vote

! # of
overall seats won

! +/–

!EP Group

2014

| 223,733

| 3.34 (#8)

| {{Composition bar|0|51|hex={{party color|Poland Together}}}}

| New

| –

References

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