The Polish Left is a newly formed left-wing political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in 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...

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Formation of Polish Left was announced on September 20, 2007 by former Prime Minister Leszek Miller

Leszek Miller

Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish central-left-wing politician, leader of the Democratic Left Alliance , Prime Minister of the government of the Republic of Poland in 2001-2004.-Childhood and youth:...

, who said the new party will be a "true leftist" alternative for coalition Left and Democrats. Miller and many members, who left main LiD party - Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....

 (Miller was a head of DLA for many years) in protest against the party's leader's policies, which they regarded as not left-wing enough.

Miller is a leader of newly formed Party. Other prominent members are former Secretary General of DLA Marek Dyduch and former Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 Member Krzysztof Jagiełło.