- Author:
Martyna Wasiuta
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
- Year of publication:
2015
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
157-175
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2015.45.09
- PDF:
apsp/45/apsp4509.pdf
POPULISM OF RUCH PALIKOTA
This article deals with the Ruch Palikota political party, which has gained enough support in 2011 elections in Poland to be represented in Polish chamber of deputies – Sejm. One of the main opinions in media and within politicians is that Ruch Palikota (RP) is a populist party. This article attempts to examine the argument that the RP is not a populist party. A basic conception of populism is a description made by Roman Tokarczyk and Maria Marczewska-Rytko.
- Author:
Arkadiusz Fordoński
- Institution:
Mazovian University in Płock
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5825-7445
- Year of publication:
2024
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
44-66
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2024.84.03
- PDF:
apsp/84/apsp8403.pdf
The Palikot’s Movement made the separation of church and state one of the pillars of its political communication and gained a significant electoral support. As a result, the government raised some of those issues, but its projects in this area were more moderate and only a fraction of them were ultimately implemented. In the analysed scope, the legislative initiatives of the Palikot Movement turned out to be ineffective. The Sejm quickly rejected some of them, while others did not enter the legislative process, which was a sign of the party’s low impact on legislation. Over time, as the parliamentary support base dissolved, the issue was gradually pushed to the background in public debate. It shows that in the Polish political system, opposition parties can introduce specific proposals into the public debate, but their ability to turn such matters into legislative initiatives is very limited.
