Confederation Liberty and Independence
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The Confederation Liberty and Independence (Polish: Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość, KWiN), frequently shortened to just Confederation (Konfederacja), is a far-right political alliance in Poland. It was initially founded in 2018 as a political coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election in Poland, although it was later expanded into a political party in order to circumvent the 8% vote threshold for coalitions to enter the national parliament. It won 11 seats in the Sejm after the 2019 Polish parliamentary election. Its candidate for the 2020 Polish presidential election was Krzysztof Bosak, who placed fourth among eleven candidates. A coalition made up of New Hope and the National Movement, it is right-wing oriented and is considered to be a part of the radical right. It has expressed right-wing populist rhetoric and a more hardline opposition stance towards the European Union and immigration. It is economically liberal and has called for lowering taxes, and has also expressed socially conservative and Polish nationalist stances.
Infobox
Co-chairman
mw- Sławomir MentzenKrzysztof Bosak
Party Leaders
Konrad BerkowiczKrzysztof BosakRobert IwaszkiewiczSławomir MentzenBartłomiej PejoKrzysztof TudujWitold Tumanowicz
Founders
Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Grzegorz Braun, Piotr Liroy-Marzec, Robert Winnicki, Kaja Godek
Founded
6 December 2018
Headquarters
ul. Wiejska 12a, 00-490 Warsaw
Ideology
Right-wing populismEconomic liberalismNational conservatismEuroscepticism
Political position
Far-right
European affiliation
Europe of Sovereign Nations (NN)Patriots.eu (RN)
European Parliament group
Europe of Sovereign Nations (NN)Patriots for Europe (RN)
Members
National MovementNew Hope
Sejm
16 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
5 / 53
Regional assemblies
2 / 552
City Mayors
1 / 107
Powiat Councils
5 / 6,170
Gmina Councils
17 / 39,416
Membership (2025)
11,500
Tables
· Composition › Current political parties
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | MPs | Senators | MEPs | Sejmiks | Entry | |
| New Hope | Right-libertarianismConservatism | Right-wing to far-right | Sławomir Mentzen | 8 / 460 | 0 / 100 | 3 / 53 | 0 / 552 | 6 December 2018 | |
| National Movement | UltranationalismNational conservatismNeo-fascismSocial conservatismMilitarism | Far-right | Krzysztof Bosak | 7 / 460 | 0 / 100 | 2 / 53 | 0 / 552 | 6 December 2018 | |
· Composition › Current organisations and movements
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | Type | Entry | |
| Agrarian-Consumer Confederation | Agrarianism, free-market economy | Krzysztof Tołwiński | Informal organisation | 29 November 2019 | ||
| All-Polish Youth | Catholic nationalism, ultra-nationalism, anti-LGBT | Far-right | Marcin Kowalski | Political youth movement | 6 December 2018 | |
| Conservative-Monarchist Club | Traditionalist conservatism, monarchism, Catholic nationalism, counter-revolutionary, integralist conservatism, anti-democracy | Far-right | Adam Wielomski | Philosophical and journalistic organisation | 7 January 2019 | |
| Polish Peasant Bloc | Agrarianism, conservatism | Wojciech Mojzesowicz | Informal organisation | 6 December 2018 | ||
· Composition › Former political parties
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | Entry | Exit | |
| Federation for the Republic | ConservatismDirect democracy | Right-wing | Marek Jakubiak | 6 March 2019 | 28 June 2019 | |
| Effective | Direct-democracyHard Euroscepticism | Right-wing | Piotr "Liroy" Marzec | 1 September 2018 | 28 June 2019 | |
| Wolnościowcy | Right-libertarianism | Right-wing | Artur Dziambor | 17 March 2022 | 13 February 2023 | |
| Party of Drivers | Right-wing populismAnti-environmentalism | Right-wing to far-right | Lech Kędzierski | 10 April 2019 | 19 December 2022 | |
| Union of Christian Families | Christian democracyCatholic nationalism | Right-wing | Bogusław Rogalski | 13 August 2019 | 2024 | |
| National League | National democracyPolish nationalism | Right-wing | Lech Kędzierski | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Confederation of the Polish Crown | EnthronementPolitical CatholicismUltranationalism | Far-right | Grzegorz Braun | 7 September 2019 | 17 January 2025 | |
· Composition › Political parties who had members with individual agreements
At the time in question
At the time in question
Name
At the time in question
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader* | Election | Notes | |
| Free and Solidary | Conservatism | Right-wing to far-right | Kornel Morawiecki | 2019 Polish parliamentary election | 4 party members were candidates for Piotr Liroy-Marzec's Efficient political party electoral committee in Constituency № 35 (Olsztyn) whilst the rest of the party, including its entire parliamentary club, were on Law and Justice's electoral lists. | |
| Congress of the New Right | Right-libertarianismEconomic liberalismHard Euroscepticism | Right-wing | Stanisław Żółtek | 2019 Polish parliamentary election | Used Federation for the Republic of Poland's electoral lists, which in turn were in agreement with the Right Wing of the Republic, and fielded candidates in the Kraków constituencies. | |
| League of Polish Families | Political Catholicism | Right-wing to far-right | Witold Bałażak | 2019 Polish parliamentary election | Despite being loosely affiliated with the Polish Coalition, they fielded only 1 candidate in Kraków from their electoral lists, whereas 2 other candidates used Confederation's electoral lists. | |
| National Unity (pl) | Political CatholicismPaleoconservatism | Far-right | Gabriel Janowski | 2019 Polish parliamentary election | Vice-chair of the party Paweł Połanecki was a candidate for Piotr Liroy-Marzec's Efficient political party electoral committee in the Kielce constituency, as no.2 on the list behind Piotr Liroy-Marzec himself. | |
| At the time in question | ||||||
· Composition › Former organisations and movements
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | Type | Entry | Exit | |
| Life and Family Foundation | Anti-abortion movementAnti-LGBT | Far-right | Kaja Godek | Lobbyist foundation, social activist group | 28 January 2019 | 9 August 2019 | |
· Election results › Presidential
No. of overall votes
No. of overall votes
Election year
No. of overall votes
Candidate
% of overall vote
1st round
No. of overall votes
1st round
% of overall vote
2020
2020
Election year
2020
Candidate
Krzysztof Bosak
1st round
1,317,380
1st round
6.78 (#4)
2025
2025
Election year
2025
Candidate
Sławomir Mentzen
1st round
2,890,530
1st round
14.82 (#3)
| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
| No. of overall votes | % of overall vote | No. of overall votes | % of overall vote | ||
| 2020 | Krzysztof Bosak | 1,317,380 | 6.78 (#4) | ||
| 2025 | Sławomir Mentzen | 2,890,530 | 14.82 (#3) | ||
· Election results › Sejm
2019
2019
Election
2019
Votes
1,256,953
%
6.81 (#5)
Seats
11 / 460
+/–
11
Government
PiS
2023
2023
Election
2023
Votes
1,547,364
%
7.16 (#5)
Seats
18 / 460
+/–
7
Government
KO–PL2050–KP–NL
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
| 2019 | 1,256,953 | 6.81 (#5) | 11 / 460 | 11 | PiS |
| 2023 | 1,547,364 | 7.16 (#5) | 18 / 460 | 7 | KO–PL2050–KP–NL |
· Election results › Senate
2019
2019
Election
2019
Votes
144,124
%
0.79 (#6)
Seats
0 / 100
+/–
0
Government
KO–KP–SLD
2023
2023
Election
2023
Votes
1,443,836
%
6.75 (#6)
Seats
0 / 100
+/–
0
Government
KO–PL2050–KP–NL–LR
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
| 2019 | 144,124 | 0.79 (#6) | 0 / 100 | 0 | KO–KP–SLD |
| 2023 | 1,443,836 | 6.75 (#6) | 0 / 100 | 0 | KO–PL2050–KP–NL–LR |
· Election results › European Parliament
2019
2019
Election
2019
Votes
621,188
%
4.55 (#4)
Seats
0 / 52
+/–
New
EP Group
–
2024
2024
Election
2024
Votes
1,420,287
%
12.08 (#3)
Seats
6 / 53
+/–
6
EP Group
ESN / PfE / NI
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
| 2019 | 621,188 | 4.55 (#4) | 0 / 52 | New | – |
| 2024 | 1,420,287 | 12.08 (#3) | 6 / 53 | 6 | ESN / PfE / NI |
· Election results › Regional assemblies
2024
2024
Election year
2024
Votes
1,042,328
%
7.23 (#4)
Seats
2 / 552
Change
2
In coalition with Agreement and Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy which won 6 seats in total.
In coalition with Agreement and Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy which won 6 seats in total.
Election year
In coalition with Agreement and Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy which won 6 seats in total.
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | Change |
| 2024 | 1,042,328 | 7.23 (#4) | 2 / 552 | 2 |
| In coalition with Agreement and Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy which won 6 seats in total. | ||||
· Election results › Internal
Electoral vote
Electoral vote
Year
Electoral vote
Election type
Percentage
2019–20
2019–20
Year
2019–20
Election type
American-style presidential primary
Affiliation
RN
Final Candidate
Bosak
Number of initial candidates
9
Number of rounds
1x 16 regional preliminaries 7x convention elimination
Final round
163
Final round
51.9%
| Year | Election type | Affiliation | Final Candidate | Number of initial candidates | Number of rounds | Final round | ||
| Electoral vote | Percentage | |||||||
| 2019–20 | American-style presidential primary | RN | Bosak | 9 | 1x 16 regional preliminaries 7x convention elimination | 163 | 51.9% | |
| KKP | Braun | 146 | 46.5% | |||||
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