Polish Left

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Polish Left Polska Lewica
Abbreviation	PL
Leader	Jacek Zdrojewski [pl]
Founded	5 January 2008
Split from	Democratic Left Alliance
Headquarters	Krakowskie Przedmieście, Warsaw
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation	Democratic Left (2022–)
Colors	Red
Sejm	0 / 460
Senate	0 / 100
European Parliament	0 / 51
Regional Assemblies	0 / 555
Website
www.polskalewica.pl
Politics of Poland Political parties Elections

The Polish Left (Polish: Polska Lewica) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Poland.

The former Prime Minister Leszek Miller announced the formation of the Polish Left on September 20, 2007, because he was not on the list of Left and Democrats. In his announcement, Miller said that the new party would be a "true leftist" alternative to the LiD coalition. In 2007 elections Leszek Miller started from the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland.

The Polish Left party was formed when the Prime Minister and many other members of parliament withdrew from the Democratic Left Alliance, which Miller had headed for many years. His departure from the DLA also served as a public protest against the policies of party leaders, regarded by the protesters as not liberal enough.

Miller was the leader of the party from 2001 to 2004.^[1] Other prominent members are the former Secretary General of the DLA, Marek Dyduch, and former Sejm Member Krzysztof Jagiełło.

Before the 2019 elections, Polish Left got into litigations with Democratic Left Alliance and put up three candidates for senators including Monika Jaruzelska who was criticized by some left-wing politicians for conservatives views. Leszek Miller, current MEP from SLD declared that it is likely to create a new leftist party or coalition in opposition to the SLD and The Left.

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