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Third Way Trzecia Droga
Leaders	Szymon Hołownia Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Founded	27 April 2023
Ideology	Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism Factions: Agrarianism Liberalism Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
European Parliament group	Renew (PL2050) EPP Group (PSL)
Colors	Yellow (Poland 2050)   Green (Polish Coalition)
Members	Poland 2050 Polish Coalition
Sejm	64 / 460
Senate	12 / 100
European Parliament	3 / 53
Regional assemblies	72 / 552
City presidents	2 / 107
Mayors	58 / 906
Wójts	150 / 1,463
Powiat Councils	716 / 6,170
Gmina Councils	1,909 / 39,416
Website
trzeciadroga.org
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The Third Way (Polish: Trzecia Droga, TD) is a political alliance in Poland that was formed on 27 April 2023, before the 2023 parliamentary election. The coalition's aim is to provide an alternative to both Law and Justice and Civic Platform, the dominant political parties in Poland in the 2010s and early 2020s. The coalition was created by centrist Poland 2050 of Szymon Hołownia and the agrarian Polish People's Party, which leads the centre-right Polish Coalition.

History

Unofficial cooperation between Poland 2050 and Polish People's Party was announced by Szymon Hołownia and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on 7 February 2023 as "common list of things to do". Parties declared willing to cooperate in the areas of judicial system, education and local governments.

After long negotiations the parties decided to run together in the parliamentary election on 27 April, and then revealed the name of the coalition on 15 May. In spite of cooperating during election both parties created two separate political groups in the next Sejm.

Both leaders announced their willingness to hold talks with other political parties and organisations. Reference is made here above all to Wolnościowcy faction, Young Poland Association or conservative dissidents from Civic Platform.

Platform

The Third Way bloc is mostly dominated by conservative, Christian democratic, and moderate liberal politicians. The coalition's goal is to convince former Law and Justice voters to switch to the opposition by creating a centrist or moderate conservative platform on the opposition. Per the manifesto of the Third Way, the coalition wants to increase earnings in the budgetary sphere, reform the school system, implement a climate policy based on renewable energy, and simplify the tax system. The alliance calls for a referendum on the admissibility of abortion, leaving its members freedom in social matters; most of its members are more than less conservative on social issues.

Ideologically Polish Coalition is focused around agrarianism, conservatism, and Christian democracy, mostly because of the influence of the Polish People's Party and Centre for Poland (a conservative split from the Civic Platform), while the Union of European Democrats maintains social-liberal positions as a successor of the Freedom Union. Poland 2050 represents mainly centrist views with visible green politics influence; both Christian democratic and liberal influences are present, mainly due to former Civic Coalition politicians joining the party.

The party's stance towards issues regarding LGBTQ issues is not explicit. In Radio Zet's broadcast led by Bogdan Rymanowski, Szymon Hołownia, who is the main figure of Poland 2050, expressed his position against same-sex marriage. He said that "his movement would follow a rule of voting according to one's conscience" if such question was brought up. Hołownia regards the legalization of civil unions as more rational.

Name

The name Third Way is primarily an indication of building an alternative to both the United Right, which is national conservative, and the Civic Coalition, which is a big tent, catch-all party. Despite some overlap, it does not associate itself with the Third Way right-leaning political position.

Composition

Election results

Sejm

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2023	Szymon Hołownia Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz	3,110,670	14.4 (#3)	65 / 460		KO-PL2050-KP-NL

European Parliament

Sejmiks

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2024	Szymon Hołownia Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz	2,054,152	14.3 (#3)	80 / 552	10

Notes and references

Notes

1. The Polish Coalition also cooperates with non-parliamentary parties and organisations, e.g. Silesians Together, or Fair Play State, and moreover with non-partisan and local politicians.

References

1. "Polish PM Tusk's Civic Coalition seen ahead in EU vote exit poll". Deutsche Welle. 9 June 2024. KO's partners in the pro-European coalition government which took power in December, the centre-right Third Way and the Left, got 8.2% and 6.6% respectively.
2. Pyka, Agata (2 September 2024). "Polish PM Tusk launches "great government confession" of ministers' failings". Notes from Poland. However, Tusk made those promises as leader of the Civic Coalition (KO), which failed to win an independent majority and had to go into coalition with The Left (Lewica) and centre-right Third Way (Trzecia Droga). Differences between KO and its partners have stymied Tusk's agenda.
3. "Government party wins EP elections in Poland - official results". Polish Press Agency. 10 June 2024. The far-right Confederation party received 12.08 percent of the vote, while the two government partners - the centre-right Third Way garnered 6.91 percent and the Left won 6.3 percent.
4. ^ "PSL i Polska 2050. "Związek z rozsądku, pieniędzmi podzielą się równo"". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
5. "Hołownia: Polska 2050 i PSL chcą stworzyć jedną listę spraw do załatwienia". www.gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
6. "Bliżej wspólnej listy PSL i Polski 2050". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
7. Michał (2023-03-01). "Dotrzymaliśmy słowa! Powstała Wspólna Lista Spraw". Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
8. "Polska 2050 i PSL pójdą razem do wyborów jako "Trzecia droga"". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
9. "Pasławska i Kobosko gośćmi na konwencji Jana Strzeżka i Młodej Polski". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
10. "Sonik dołączy do PSL? Klimczak: Drzwi są szeroko otwarte". wpolityce.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
11. "Do Hołowni i PSL dołączą byli politycy Porozumienia? "Pomidor" | Wiadomości Radio ZET". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
12. "Hołownia i Kosiniak-Kamysz pójdą do wyborów razem. Jako "Trzecia droga"". gazetapl (in Polish). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
13. "Kosiniak-Kamysz: Nie wygramy wyborów, jak będziemy tylko przeciwko PiS [WYWIAD]". www.gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
14. PSL-P2050 manifesto
15. "Kosiniak-Kamysz: Nie da się zbudować jednej listy na opozycji nie mając wspólnych poglądów światopoglądowych". www.gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
16. "Referendum aborcyjne - to pomysł Hołowni i Kosiniaka-Kamysza na pierwsze 100 dni rządów opozycji". oko.press (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
17. "Aborcja, in vitro, zrównanie płac. Co siły polityczne proponują Polkom?". forsal.pl (in Polish). 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
18. "Kosiniak-Kamysz o 14-latce, której odmówiono aborcji. "Też bym zastosował klauzulę sumienia"". naTemat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
19. ""Z zaciśniętymi zębami zagłosują na PiS". Szef PSL: Nie możemy stracić tych wyborców". Do Rzeczy (in Polish). 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
20. "Hołownia: W sprawie aborcji jestem bardziej konserwatywny". Do Rzeczy (in Polish). 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
21. Poland2050 10 promises
22. ""Głosowałbym przeciw". Zaskakująca deklaracja Hołowni ws. małżeństw osób jednopłciowych". naTemat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
23. "Trzecia droga Hołowni i PSL. "Będziemy częścią rządu opozycji"". oko.press (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
24. Stańczyk, Zuzanna (2021-05-05). "Kosiniak-Kamysz: Platforma Obywatelska skręca w lewo". Wiadomości z Kraju i ze Świata - Ciekawe Informacje - ShareInfo.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-15.

v t e Political parties and political associations in Poland
Represented in the Sejm	United Right (191) Law and Justice (183) Renew RP (5) Polish Affairs (1) Independent (2)* Civic Coalition (157) Civic Platform (127) Modern (6) Polish Initiative (4) The Greens (3) AGROunion (1) Yes! For Poland (1) Independents (15)** The Left (26) New Left (19) Left Together (7) Poland 2050 (33) Polish Coalition (32) Polish People's Party (28) Centre for Poland (3) Independent (1)*** Confederation (18) National Movement (6) New Hope (8) Confederation of the Polish Crown (3) Kukiz'15 (3)
Represented in the Senate	United Right (34) Law and Justice (30) Independents (4) Civic Coalition (41) Civic Platform (36) Yes! For Poland (1) Independents (4) Third Way (Poland) (12) Poland 2050 (5) Polish People's Party (4) Centre for Poland (1) Union of European Democrats (1) Independent (1) The Left (9) New Left (5) Left Together (2) Polish Socialist Party (1) Labour Union (1) Independents (4)
Represented in the European Parliament	Civic Coalition (21) Civic Platform (17) Polish Initiative (1) Independents (3) United Right (20) Law and Justice (20) Confederation (6) Confederation (3) New Hope (2) Confederation of the Polish Crown (1) Third Way (3) Polish People's Party (2) Poland 2050 (1) The Left (3) New Left (3)
Other existing parties and political movements	Better Poland The City Is Ours Civic Initiative Common Powiat Confederation Liberty and Independence All-Polish Youth* Union of Christian Families Congress of the New Right Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement Farmers from the Baltic to the Tatras Falanga First Self-Governance League Freedom and Equality Freedomers Inhabitants' Wola Jurassic-Silesian Association European Home Kashubian Association Labour Party League of Polish Families Liberal Poland – Entrepreneurs' Strike National Party of Retirees and Pensioners National Radical Camp (1993)* National Revival of Poland New Democracy - Yes Normal Country Nonpartisan Local Government Activists OK Poland Local Government Coalition Organisation of the Polish Nation – Polish League Peasants' Party Piast Faction PolExit Polish Coalition Alliance of Democrats Silesians Together Agreement (political party) Polish Left Polish Pirate Party Polish Party of Animal Protection Polish Communist Party Real Europe Movement – Europa Christi Real Politics Union Repair Poland Movement Right Wing of the Republic Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence Rebirth Silesian Autonomy Movement* Silesian Regional Party* Silesian Separatist Movement* Socialist Alternative Social Movement of the Republic of Poland Solidarity* Slavic Union There is One Poland United Beyond Boundaries Workers' Democracy German Minority****
Defunct parties	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Patriotic Party Hetmans' Party Familia Party Pre-war and inter-war eras Association of National Parties and Organizations Catholic People's Party Centrolew Communist Party of Poland Communist Party of Western Ukraine Communist Party of Western Belorussia Communist Party of Silesian Land Democratic Clubs Democratic Party Front Morges Labor Party (PP) Labour Faction (1937) National Democracy Christian Union of National Unity Camp of Great Poland Popular National Union National Party National Radical Camp National Radical Camp (1934) National Radical Camp Falanga National Radical Camp ABC National People's Union National Workers' Party Peasant Group of Popular Councils Peasant Party People's Party Polish Centre Polish-Catholic People's Party Polish Catholic Bloc Polish Christian Democratic Party Polish Nonpartisan Organization Polish People's Party "Piast" Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie" Polish People's Party of Wilno Land Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" Polish Socialist Party (1892) Polish Socialists Polish Socialist Party – Freedom, Equality, Independence Polish Socialist Party – Left Polish Socialist Party of Lithuania and Belarus Polish Socialist Party of the Prussian Partition Polish Socialist Party – Revolutionary Faction Polish Union of Peasant Activists Popular Association "Odrodzenie" Popular Association "Odrodzenie-Wyzwolenie" Popular Councils Popular Unity Radical Peasant Party Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania Union of Upper Silesians Communist era Communist Party of Poland (Mijal) Confederation of Independent Poland Front of National Unity Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party United People's Party Modern era Ancestral Home Alliance for Poland Alternative Social Movement Agreement for the Future – CenterLeft Catholic Electoral Action Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" Centre Agreement Centre Agreement – Integrative Initiative Centre Agreement – Polish Union Christian Democracy Christian Democracy of the Third Polish Republic Christian National Union Christian-Peasant Party Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action Coalition for the Republic Confederation of Independent Poland Conservative People's Party Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union Democratic Party – demokraci.pl Democratic Union Direct Democracy Europa Plus European Coalition Feminist Initiative/Women's Party Forward Poland Freedom Union Initiative for Poland Initiative RP Labour Party (Poland) League and Self-Defense League of the Right of the Republic Left and Democrats Liberal Democratic Congress Libertas Poland Movement for Reconstruction of Poland Movement for the Republic Movement for the Republic – Patriotic Camp National League National Party (1989) National Party "Fatherland" National Self-Defence Front Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms Now! Social Alliance Patriotic Self-Defence Party of Drivers Party of Regions Party X Peasants' Agreement People's National Movement Poland Comes First Polish Confederation – Dignity and Work Polish Beer-Lovers' Party Poland Fair Play Polish Union Polish Reason of State Polish Labour Party - August 80 Polish National Party Reason Party Right Alliance Self-Defence of the Polish Nation Self-Defence Social Movement Social Justice Movement Solidarity Electoral Action Spring The Poor of Poland Sovereign Poland The Republicans Third Republic Movement United Left Your Movement
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