Modern (political party)


Modern is a classical-liberal political party in Poland. The party was founded in May 2015 by the former World Bank economist Ryszard Petru. Katarzyna Lubnauer became the party's leader in November 2017.

History

The party was founded in late May 2015 as NowoczesnaPL by economist Ryszard Petru.
Due to some controversy over its name – there had already been a non-governmental organization called the Modern Poland Foundation, In August 2015, the party's name was changed to.Modern.
Around the same time, the party's new logo was presented, and Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz became its spokesperson.
The party received 7.6% of votes in the 2015 parliamentary election, which resulted in winning 28 seats in the Sejm.
The party was admitted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on 4 June 2016.
From 2015 election to end of 2016 Nowoczesna had more support in polls than Platforma Obywatelska. It has lost it after image problems of Ryszard Petru.
Katarzyna Lubnauer became the leader of Nowoczesna in November 2017. In leader elections at the party congress, Lubnauer received 149 votes and Petru received 140 votes.
In March 2018, Modern and Civic Platform formed the Civic Coalition electoral alliance to contest the 2018 local elections. In May 2018, founder Ryszard Petru exited the party.
In 2019, Modern was running for the European Parliament as part of the European Coalition.
In June 2019, Modern joined Civic Platform - Civic Coalition parliamentary group. In 2019 Polish parliamentary election the party took part in Civic Coalition along the Civic Platform, Polish Initiative and the Greens. After these elections, Modern rejoined Civic Coalition parliamentary group.

Ideology

The party has been compared to the Free Democratic Party of Germany, with its emphasis on economic liberalism in its policy platform.

Leadership

Party Leaders

Parliamentary Leaders

Since 13 June 2019 members of Modern are part of the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.

Election results

Sejm

Senate

Regional assemblies

European Parliament