The alliance still intends to be more closely aligned with the liberal opposition than the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party and would consider forming a coalition government with the former.
The official name of the electoral coalition between the Polish People’s Party (PSL) and Szymon Hołownia’s Poland 2050 has been revealed as “Third Way.”
It is an alliance that will seek to undermine the governing Law and Justice (PiS) and the opposition liberals, and will attempt to instill a more centrist political agenda.
The leaders of the Polish People’s Party (PSL) and Poland 2050, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (PSL) and Szymon Hołownia (Poland 2050), said that the Third Way will be a choice for the greater good rather than the lesser evil. It will reflect the desire for Poles to have a less confrontational approach to politics, claimed the two leaders, both of whom were adamant it would not be a return to the pre-2015 policies pursued by the coalition of the liberal Civic Platform (PO) with the PSL.
The two leaders also confirmed that neither would attend the march being organized by Donald Tusk and the PO on June 4, the anniversary of the 1989 semi-free elections that triggered the collapse of communist rule in Poland. This underlined that neither the PSL nor Poland 2050 would be prepared to figure on an opposition-wide list being proposed by Donald Tusk and the PO. However, the new electoral coalition is not pursuing a policy of equidistance towards the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) and the liberal PO, as they insist that they want the opposition parties such as them, the PO, and possibly the Left to form a government.