Poland (European Parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
In European elections
, the member state of Poland
is subdivided into constituencies
, in the same way as United Kingdom
, Ireland
, Italy
, France
and Belgium
. Unlike those countries, the number of seats in each subconstituency is not decided until after the election. Poland therefore is sometimes treated as a single constituency for purposes of reportage.
was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Poland had only joined the European Union
earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.
The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Citizens Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families
.
The radical populist
Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice
party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union
, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.
in Poland
is on Sunday 7 June 2009 and the number of seats
is 50.
Elections in the European Union
Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...
, the member state of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
is subdivided into constituencies
European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....
, in the same way as United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, Ireland
Ireland
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, Italy
Italy
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, France
France
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and Belgium
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. Unlike those countries, the number of seats in each subconstituency is not decided until after the election. Poland therefore is sometimes treated as a single constituency for purposes of reportage.
Current MEPs
As of October 2007| Name | National Party | EP group |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bielan Adam Bielan Adam Jerzy Bielan is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie with Poland Comes First. He is Vice-Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists political grouping.... |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... |
UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Union for Europe of the Nations was a political group of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2009.-History:UEN was formed on 20 July 1999, supplanting the earlier Union for Europe. Its member parties Fianna Fáil and National Alliance were the driving forces behind the group, despite their... |
| Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
Platforma Obywatelska Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... |
EPP–ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... |
| Zdzisław Chmielewski | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Sylwester Chruszcz Sylwester Chruszcz Sylwester Arkadiusz Chruszcz is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Lower Silesian Voivodship and Opole Voivodship with the Naprzód Polsko, part of the Union for Europe of the Nations and is member of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and... |
independent | non attached |
| Marek Czarnecki Marek Czarnecki Marek Aleksander Czarnecki is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliament for the Masovian Voivodshipwith the Self-Defense,and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.... |
Samoobrona Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland , abbreviated to SRP, is an agrarian political party and trade union in Poland led by Andrzej Lepper. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious conservative social policies.... |
UEN |
| Ryszard Czarnecki Ryszard Czarnecki Richard Henry Czarnecki is a British-born Polish politician who is a Member of the European Parliament for the Lower Silesian and Opole constituency from Law and Justice... |
Samoobrona | UEN |
| Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka , is a Polish politician and a Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Law and Justice Party, which is part of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group in the European Parliament. She was a member on the Committee on Regional Development and the delegation to... |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Bronisław Geremek (deceased) | Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the... |
| Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OPwith the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union is an electoral committee and a coalition of two Polish centre-left political parties: Democratic Left Alliance and Labour Union. At the national level, the alliance arose at the time of the 2001 parliamentary elections and continued through the 2004 elections... |
PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The... |
| Adam Gierek Adam Gierek Adam Gierek is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Maciej Giertych Maciej Giertych Maciej Marian Giertych is a Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician of the League of Polish Families . He favours state intervention in the economy. He was a member of the Sejm and a Polish member of the European Parliament... |
independent | non attached |
| Bogdan Golik Bogdan Golik Bogdan Golik is a Polish politician and FormerMember of the European Parliament for LDwith the Self-Defense and sits on theEuropean Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Genowefa Grabowska Genowefa Grabowska Genowefa Grabowska is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodshipwith the Socjaldemokracja Polska,part of the Socialist Group and sits on... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Dariusz Grabowski Dariusz Grabowski Dariusz Maciej Grabowski is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Masovian Voivodship with the Liga Polskich Rodzin, part of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.Grabowski is a substitute member on the... |
independent | UEN |
| Małgorzata Handzlik | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Stanisław Jałowiecki | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Mieczysław Janowski | Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc | UEN |
| Filip Kaczmarek Filip Kaczmarek Filip Andrzej Kaczmarek is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliament-Private life:Filip Kaczmarek was born in Poznań, graduated from the History Department at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and in 2005 earned a PhD in Political Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Bogdan Klich Bogdan Klich Bogdan Adam Klich was a Polish politician and Minister of National Defence of Poland. Bogdan Klich was interned in 1981 during the martial law set by the communist regime... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Urszula Krupa Urszula Krupa Urszula Krupa is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliament for the Łódź Voivodeshipwith the Liga Polskich Rodzin, part of the Independence and Democracy and sits on... |
Liga Polskich Rodzin League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007.... |
ID Independence and Democracy The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament was a group of eurosceptic and eurorealist political parties in the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs.... |
| Wiesław Kuc | Samoobrona | UEN |
| Barbara Kudrycka Barbara Kudrycka Barbara Kudrycka is a professor of administrative law and public administration science and a Polish politician who has served as the Minister of Science and Higher Education in the cabinet of Donald Tusk since 2007.... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Jan Kułakowski | Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Zbigniew Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Kuzmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Masovian Voivodship with the Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe,... |
Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | UEN |
| Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Antoni Lewandowski is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdansk liberals group, and a member of the Europea n Parliament , Chairman of the Committee on Budgets... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Bogusław Liberadzki | Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Marcin Libicki Marcin Libicki Marcin Libicki is a Polish politician, former member of the Polish parliament , elected for the Poznań constituency... |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Jan Masiel Jan Masiel Jan Tadeusz Masiel is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodshipwith the Self-Defense,and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.... |
Samoobrona | UEN |
| Jan Olbrycht Jan Olbrycht Jan Olbrycht is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodeship with the Platforma Obywatelska, part of the European People's Party and... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Janusz Onyszkiewicz Janusz Onyszkiewicz Janusz Adam Onyszkiewicz is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politician and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee from January 2007 until mid-2009.-Biographical note:... |
Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Bogdan Pęk Bogdan Pek Bogdan Pęk is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliamentfor the MP & SWwith the Liga Polskich Rodzin, part of the Independence and Democracy and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.... |
Liga Polskich Rodzin | UEN |
| Józef Pinior Józef Pinior Józef Pinior is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OP with the Socjaldemokracja Polska, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Mirosław Piotrowski | Liga Polskich Rodzin | UEN |
| Paweł Piskorski | independent | ALDE |
| Zdzisław Podkański | Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | UEN |
| Jacek Protasiewicz Jacek Protasiewicz Jacek Protasiewicz is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OP with the Platforma Obywatelska, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.Protasiewicz is a substitute for the Committee on... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Bogusław Rogalski | Liga Polskich Rodzin | UEN |
| Dariusz Rosati Dariusz Rosati Dariusz Kajetan Rosati is a Polish professor of economics and a politician who is a member of the European Parliament .-Biography:... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Wojciech Roszkowski Wojciech Roszkowski Wojciech Roszkowski is a Polish economist and politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodeship with the Law and Justice, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.Roszkowski is a substitute for the Committee on... |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Leopold Rutowicz Leopold Rutowicz Leopold Józef Rutowicz is a Polish politician andMember of the European Parliamentfor the MP & SWwith the Self-Defense,and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.... |
Samoobrona | UEN |
| Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski is a Polish diplomat, politician and a MEP: member of the European Parliament... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Czesław Siekierski | Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe | EPP–ED |
| Marek Siwiec Marek Siwiec Marek Maciej Siwiec is a Polish politician and since 2004 Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. In the European elections of... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Bogusław Sonik | Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
| Grażyna Staniszewska Grazyna Staniszewska Grażyna Ewa Staniszewska is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodeship with the Unia Wolności, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.Staniszewska is a substitute... |
Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl | ALDE |
| Andrzej Szejna Andrzej Szejna Andrzej Jan Szejna is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship & Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.Szejna... |
Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | PES |
| Konrad Szymański Konrad Szymanski Konrad Szymański is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OP with the Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, part of the European Conservatives and Reformists and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender... |
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Ewa Tomaszewska | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | UEN |
| Witold Tomczak Witold Tomczak Witold Tomczak is a right-wing Polish politician, currently a member of the European Parliament.Before his political career, Tomczak worked as a physician He graduated from the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice in 1987 and specialized in general medicine... |
Liga Polskich Rodzin | ID |
| Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski is a Polish politician and a Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the League of Polish Families, but is a Non-attached Member in the European Parliament... |
Liga Polskich Rodzin | ID |
| Tadeusz Zwiefka Tadeusz Zwiefka Tadeusz Antoni Zwiefka is a Polish journalist and politician. Since 2004, member of the European Parliament.- Biography :Tadeusz Zwiefka comes from Tuchola in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, he worked in Szczecin and Warsaw, and today he lives in Poznań.... |
Platforma Obywatelska | EPP–ED |
2004
The 2004 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 2004
Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...
was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Poland had only joined the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.
The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Citizens Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families
League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007....
.
The radical populist
Populism
Populism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social...
Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice
Law and Justice
Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....
party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union
Freedom Union
Freedom Union can refer to one of the following liberal parties:*For Czech republic, see Freedom Union *For the Faroe Islands, see Freedom Union *For Poland, see Freedom Union...
, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.
2009
The European Parliament election, 2009European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
in Poland
European Parliament election, 2009 (Poland)
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Poland was the election of the delegation from Poland to the European Parliament in 2009 which took place on 7 June 2009. On 13 February the Sejm accepted a proposal for an amendment to the electoral court act to allow voting for the European Parliament...
is on Sunday 7 June 2009 and the number of seats
Apportionment in the European Parliament
Apportionment in the European Parliament relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union...
is 50.
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu