Front Morges was a political alliance of center political parties of interwar Poland (
Polish Christian Democratic PartyPolish Christian Democratic Party , was a political party of Polish right wing christian democracy faction existing in the first year of the Second Polish Republic...
, Narodowa Partia Robotnicza, Związek Hallerczyków). It was founded in 1936 in the Swiss village of
MorgesMorges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.The famous Polish composer and diplomat Ignacy Jan Paderewski lived in Morges.- External links :...
by general Władysław Sikorski and former Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski. Prominent activists included Józef Haller,
Wojciech KorfantyWojciech Korfanty , born Adalbert Korfanty, was a Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician, serving as member of the German parliaments Reichstag and Prussian Landtag, and later on, in the Polish Sejm...
, and
Karol PopielKarol Popiel was a Polish politician of Christian democracy faction and writer. Member of Centrolew and Front Morges alliances, later joined the Stronnictwo Pracy party. Member of the Polish government in exile during World War II, minister from 1941 to 1943...
. They opposed the
sanacjaSanacja was a coalition political movement in the interwar Second Polish Republic. It was created in 1926 by Józef Piłsudski as a broad movement to support the "moral sanation" of the Polish body politic before and after the May 1926 Coup d'État that brought Piłsudski to virtually dictatorial...
regime - which caused some of them to emigrate.
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Front Morges was a political alliance of center political parties of interwar Poland (
Polish Christian Democratic PartyPolish Christian Democratic Party , was a political party of Polish right wing christian democracy faction existing in the first year of the Second Polish Republic...
, Narodowa Partia Robotnicza, Związek Hallerczyków). It was founded in 1936 in the Swiss village of
MorgesMorges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.The famous Polish composer and diplomat Ignacy Jan Paderewski lived in Morges.- External links :...
by general Władysław Sikorski and former Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski. Prominent activists included Józef Haller,
Wojciech KorfantyWojciech Korfanty , born Adalbert Korfanty, was a Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician, serving as member of the German parliaments Reichstag and Prussian Landtag, and later on, in the Polish Sejm...
, and
Karol PopielKarol Popiel was a Polish politician of Christian democracy faction and writer. Member of Centrolew and Front Morges alliances, later joined the Stronnictwo Pracy party. Member of the Polish government in exile during World War II, minister from 1941 to 1943...
. They opposed the
sanacjaSanacja was a coalition political movement in the interwar Second Polish Republic. It was created in 1926 by Józef Piłsudski as a broad movement to support the "moral sanation" of the Polish body politic before and after the May 1926 Coup d'État that brought Piłsudski to virtually dictatorial...
regime - which caused some of them to emigrate. They wanted to form a new government with Paderewski as the president and
Wincenty WitosWincenty Witos was a prominent member of the Polish People's Party from 1895, and leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913. He was a member of parliament in the Galician Sejm from 1908-1914, and an envoy to Reichsrat in Vienna from 1911 to 1918...
as the prime minister. They demanded
democratizationDemocratization is the transition to a more democratic political regime. It may be the transition from an authoritarian regime to a full democracy or transition from a semi-authoritarian political system to a democratic political system...
and closer alliance with
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. The alliance gained little publicity and support in Poland, but eventually they led to the formation of a new official political party in Poland, the
Stronnictwo PracyStronnictwo Pracy was a Polish Christian democratic political party, active from 1937 in the Second Polish Republic and later part of the Polish government in exile. Its founder and main activist was Karol Popiel....
, in 1937