Prosperity and Peace Movement

The movement mainly organized via Telegram, which it relied on to gather members and supporters. Prior to creating the party, Maciak was a member of the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, and ran on the movement's electoral list in the 2006 Polish local elections to the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik.{{cite web |url=https://torun.wyborcza.pl/torun/7,48723,30183792,wybory-2023-ruch-dobrobytu-i-pokoju-polska-jest-jedna-oraz.html |language=pl |title=Wybory 2023. Ruch Dobrobytu i Pokoju, Polska Jest Jedna oraz Polska Liberalna startują do Sejmu w Toruniu |date=13 September 2023 |first=Dariusz |last=Czołgowski |website=Gazeta Wyborcza}} Maciak was also a member of Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy.{{cite web |url=https://wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl/pepites/lista-kandydatow-w-wyborach-prezydenckich-2025-42-nazwiska/ |title=Lista kandydatów w wyborach prezydenckich 2025 |year=2025 |language=pl}} Later, he participated in 2018 mayoral elections in Włocławek, where he came 8th on the list in his electoral district.{{Cite web|url=https://sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl/sejmsenat2023/pl/komitet/29637|title= Serwis PKW – Wybory 2023}} He won 14% of the popular vote, considered a minor upset as he polled only 1%.{{cite web |url=https://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/933_wybory-samorzadowe-2024/65652_szokujace-wyznania-macieja-maciaka-padly-konkretne-oskarzenia.html |title=Szokujące wyznania Macieja Maciaka! Padły konkretne oskarżenia |date=3 April 2024 |language=pl |website=ddwloclawek.pl |location=Włocławek}} Maciak also founded a local TV station CW 24tv in 2009, and was its director for 10 years.{{cite web |url=https://pomorska.pl/chcial-byc-prezydentem-wloclawka-teraz-chce-zostac-prezydentem-polski-maciej-maciak-oglosil-swoj-start-w-wyborach/ar/c1p2-27197513 |title=Chciał być prezydentem Włocławka. Teraz chce zostać prezydentem Polski. Maciej Maciak ogłosił swój start w wyborach |date=23 January 2025 |language=pl |website=Pomorska |first=Joanna |last=Maciejewska}} The station was controversial for hosting and interviewing a pro-Russian activist Konstantin Knyrik, and supporting the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.{{cite web |url=https://jagiellonia.org/dekada-pracy-nad-rozbiciem-ukrainy-tego-nie-zobaczycie-w-cw24tv/ |title=Dekada pracy nad rozbiciem Ukrainy. Tego nie zobaczycie w CW24TV |date=6 September 2016 |language=pl |website=Jagiellonia |first=Marcin |last=Rey}} The station shut down after 10 years of broadcasting on 12 July 2019.{{cite web |url=https://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/34787_cw24-konczy-nadawanie-smutny-maciak-podaje-powod.html |language=pl |title=Telewizja CW24 kończy nadawanie! Smutny redaktor Maciej Maciak podaje powód |date=12 July 2019 |website=DD Włocławek |location=Włocławek}}

In the 2023 elections, KWW RDiP registered lists of candidates in 11 out of 41 districts for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and three candidates for the Senate of the Republic of Poland. Only non-partisans ran on behalf of the movement. Its leader Maciej Maciak. When the Prosperity and Peace Movement tried to register its electoral list on 11 August 2023 after gathering the necessary signatures, its electoral committee was unable to be registered because of a sudden shutdown of the Ministry of Digital Affairs servers. This forced the movement to register its electoral lists on a later date; Maciak dubbed this event "the first scandal of this [year's] electoral campaign".{{cite web |url=https://www.portalwloclawek.pl/artykul/9736,pierwszy-skandal-wyborczy-tej-kampanii-oddolny-ruch-nie-zarejestrowany-padly-serwery-ministerstwa-cyfryzacji |title="Pierwszy skandal wyborczy tej kampanii". Oddolny ruch nie zarejestrowany, padły serwery Ministerstwa Cyfryzacji |date=11 August 2023 |website=Portal Włocławek |location=Włocławek |language=pl}} In the elections to the Sejm, the DiP Movement received 0.12% of the vote, coming 9th (losing to the nationwide committees and the German Minority Electoral Committee, which was registered in one constituency). Candidates of the movement for the Senate took the last places in the districts.{{Cite web|url=https://sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl/sejmsenat2023/|title=Serwis PKW – Wybory 2023}}

The movement ran in the 2024 Polish local elections as the Voters' Electoral Committee "Alternative" ({{langx|pl|KWW Alternatywa}}).{{cite web |url=https://radom.wyborcza.pl/radom/7,48201,30697105,wybory-2024-rekordowa-liczba-zgloszonych-komitetow-w-regionie.html |title=Wybory 2024. Rekordowa liczba komitetów w regionie radomskim. Są duże niespodzianki |date=14 February 2024 |language=pl |website=Wyborcza |first=Małgorzata |last=Rusek |quote="Pod nazwą KWW Alternatywa ukryli się działacze Ruchu Dobrobytu i Pokoju. RDiP to ugrupowanie założone w 2022 roku przez dziennikarza Macieja Maciaka na bazie stworzonego i prowadzonego przez niego w serwisie YouTube programu „Musisz to wiedzieć"."}} The movement won 14 gmina council seats in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, overperforming a major party like Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy (which won 13 seats) and nearly tying with the Third Way party (which won 15 seats) in the voivodeship.{{cite web |url=https://samorzad2024.pkw.gov.pl/samorzad2024/pl/rada_gminy/okregi/180000 |title=Wyniki w wyborach do Rad Gmin, Miast i Miejskich |year=2024 |language=pl}} Maciak run again for the position of Mayor of Włocławek in the 2024 mayoral election, where he received 7.42% of the vote.{{cite web |url=https://www.nowin.pl/2025/01/25/co-oferuje-maciej-maciak-i-jego-ruch-rdip-kandydat-na-prezydenta-polski/ |title=Co oferuje Maciej Maciak i jego ruch RDiP – kandydat na prezydenta Polski |date=25 January 2025 |language=pl |website=nowin24.pl}}

In 2024, the movement organized protests in Wrocław and Szczecin calling for the release of Julian Assange. The Prosperity and Peace Movement registered an electoral committee in the 2024 European Parliament election in Poland, but it did not manage to gather enough signatures to field candidates. It also participated in the 2024 Polish farmers' protests, joining the protesting farmers in Domaniewice.{{cite web |url=https://kwwrdip.pl/o-ruchu_dobrobytu_i_pokoju/ |title=O Ruchu Dobrytu i Pokoju |year=2025 |language=pl |website=kwwrdip.pl}} In March 2024, the Prosperity and Peace Movement also organized a "Walk of Peace" in Lubartów, protesting Polish involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian War and opposing the Israeli invasion of Gaza.{{cite web |url=https://lubartow.24wspolnota.pl/informacje-lubartowskie/drugi-spacer-dla-pokoju-w-lubartowie/vLsrvFW7Od23jG84iaDb |title=Drugi "spacer dla pokoju" w Lubartowie |date=24 March 2024 |language=pl |website=Lubartów}}

Maciak declared his candidacy for the 2025 Polish presidential election, and the Prosperity and Peace Movement registered his presidential committee.{{cite web |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/wybory-prezydenckie-2025-pkw-zarejestrowala-kolejne-komitety-kandydatow-na-prezydenta-miedzy-innymi-karola-nawrockiego-st8276067 |title=PKW zarejestrowała kolejne komitety kandydatów na prezydenta |date=25 January 2024 |language=pl |website=TVN24}} On 26 March, Maciak gathered the required amount of signatures needed to appear on the ballot and formally submitted his candidacy.{{cite web |url=https://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/78080_wloclawianin-chce-zostac-glowa-panstwa-juz-zlozyl-swoje-podpisy.html |title=Włocławianin chce zostać głową państwa. Już złożył swoje podpisy |date=28 March 2025 |language=pl |location=Włocławek}}

The movement's postulates include increasing social benefits, implementing a system of state vouchers that can only be used on domestic Polish businesses, improving the living conditions of the pensioners, implementing restrictions on foreign capital, and ensuring cheap prices of water, gas and electricity.{{cite web |url=https://www.se.pl/poznan/co-to-za-ruch-dobrobytu-i-pokoju-wystawil-swoje-listy-w-wielkopolsce-aa-QxuG-wbiZ-tg1F.html |title=Co to za Ruch Dobrobytu i Pokoju? Wystawił swoje listy w Wielkopolsce |first=Szymon |last=Miś |date=11 September 2023 |language=pl |website=se.pl}} Polityka describes the movement's program to be based on tenets such as social state for Poles only, prohibitive conditions for foreign capital, the development of renewable energy sources, the verification of debts incurred by previous governments, environmental protection, and energy supply from Russia. The movement opposes EU expansion and prioritizes economic matters, and was called classical liberal in its outlook. The movement is considered left-wing.

The program of the movement is described to be based on "social solidarity, economic independence and a peaceful foreign policy". As its main goals, it lists the expansion of social care for senior citizens, introduction of restrictions for foreign capital in the protection of Polish farmers and entrepreneurs, development of domestic energy industry, environmental protection, and measures to guarantee cheap gas, water and electricity. The movement is committed to peaceful foreign policy which will be based on cooperating with all of Poland's neighbours, especially Russia.{{cite web |url=https://radio5.com.pl/2023/10/pierwsze-spotkanie-przedwyborcze/ |title=Pierwsze spotkanie przedwyborcze |date=2 October 2023 |language=pl}} In regards to its environmental proposals, the movement calls for expansion of renewable energy sources, construction of pumped-storage power plants and implementation of 'pro-ecological strategies' in the Polish economy.

The Prosperity and Peace Movement calls for a "rapid resuscitation of the Polish economy", which would be based on ensuring cheap energy supply and reducing the threat of war. The movement calls for an agreement with Russia, arguing that the support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia came at an extreme cost to Polish taxpayers, causing a hike in living costs and sluggish economy in the long term. Speaking of sanctions against Russia and their economic consequences, the leader of the movement states: "There have been cases of abusive parents starving their children to prevent them from being overtaken by the ‘demon of gluttony’ and leading them into extreme exhaustion. I have the impression that at the moment we are dealing with a stepmother in the form of Polish politicians who, due to strange ideas so that the demon does not take over us, are causing serious damage to the economy and the national fabric."{{cite web |url=https://businessinsider.com.pl/wiadomosci/willa-z-basenem-dla-kazdego-energia-od-diabla-mozesz-nawet-nie-wiedziec-ze-oni-chca/9g58ztz |title=Willa z basenem dla każdego, energia od diabła. Możesz nawet nie wiedzieć, że oni chcą rządzić |first=Natalia |last=Szewczak |language=pl |date=29 August 2023 |website=Business Insider}} In regards to the party's proposals, Adam Willma wrote:{{blockquote|text=Most of the Movement's demands could be endorsed by both the Left and the Razem party: higher benefits, pensions ‘without poverty and hardship’, cheap access to basic utilities, and measures to curb large corporations. Apart from organisations directly referring to communist ideology and grotesque comrades led by actor Wojciech Olszański, this is the only group that is openly pro-Putin.}}

The movement supports the "800 plus" program that grants Polish families 800 PLN monthly per child, and postulated doubling the program's pensions to 1600 PLN. One of the movement's electoral slogans is "a villa with a swimming pool for every Pole" ({{langx|pl|willa z basenem dla każdego Polaka}}). Another of the movement's proposals is the introduction of high taxes for businesses in industries such as trade and banking, arguing that these industries are "easy, simple, intuitive", creating a lot of market manipulation and abuse. The DiP also declares its readiness to form a coalition with any party. Another one of its slogans was "water, gas, electricity" ({{langx|pl|woda, gaz, prąd}}).

Maciak declares his electorate the "true people of the left". He accuses mainstream left-wing parties of extravagance, stating that they "promote demands that benefit multinational corporations and their core is made up of barons who are subcontractors of these corporations". Maciak spoke positively of Leszek Miller, a Polish left-wing politician who was associated with Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland in 2007. Maciak is also frequently accused of using pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian talking points, as he spoke positively of the Russian annexation of Crimea.{{cite web |url=https://ddwloclawek.pl/pl/11_wiadomosci/55871_ruska-tuba-z-wloclawka-tvp-info-smieje-sie-z-maciaka-.html |title="Ruska tuba z Włocławka". TVP Info śmieje się z byłego kandydata na prezydenta miasta |date=6 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://bialystok.wyborcza.pl/bialystok/7,35241,30638805,bialorusko-kremlowska-propaganda-ma-sie-u-nas-dobrze-panstwo.html |title=Białorusko-kremlowska propaganda ma się u nas dobrze. Państwo polskie nie reaguje na tę ofensywę |date=28 January 2024 |language=pl |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |first=Maciej |last=Chołodowski}} Maciak argues that Ukrainians are manipulated and exploited by the USA.{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotczew.pl/artykul/17399,wybory-2025-o-niektorych-kandydatach-na-prezydenta-nawet-nie-slyszales |title=Wybory 2025. O niektórych kandydatach na prezydenta nawet nie słyszałeś |date=23 January 2025 |language=pl}}

Prosperity and Peace Movement accuses Ukraine of carrying out terrorist attacks on Russian territory using NATO weapons and argues that Russia is wrongly held responsible for various types of attacks. The movement also states that Ukraine has no good intentions towards Poland, describing the Ukrainian soldiers as "adorned with swastikas and Wehrmacht crosses". RDiP calls for the end of the war in Ukraine, warning against the damage to Polish economy and living cost if Poland continues to gear its economy towards war and implements general mobilization. It also argues that Ukraine should recognize the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.{{cite web |url=https://oko.press/prezydencka-egzotyka-polskie-niespodzianki-na-liscie-startowej |title=Prezydencka egzotyka. Polskie niespodzianki na liście startowej do najwyższego urzędu |date=10 February 2025 |language=pl |website=OKO.press |first=Anna |last=Mierzyńska}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20231009172336/http://ruchdobrobytuipokoju.108.pl/ Archived DiP Movement website].
• [https://kwwrdip.pl/ Official website of the DiP Electoral Committee].

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