League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families (Polish: Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was headed by Roman Dmowski, however, in 2006 its leader Roman Giertych distanced himself from that heritage.
League of Polish Families Liga Polskich Rodzin | |
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| Leader | Witold Bałażak |
| Founder | Roman Giertych |
| Founded | 30 May 2001 |
| Merger of | National Democratic Party National Party |
| Headquarters | ul. Hoża 9, 00-528 Warsaw |
| Ideology | Current: Christian conservatism Theodemocracy Social conservatism Civic nationalism Familialism Pro-Europeanism Historical: National Democracy Polish nationalism National conservatism Political Catholicism Hard Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing Historical: Far-right |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| National affiliation | Civic Coalition |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
| Colours | Sky blue |
| Anthem | "Rota" |
| Sejm | 0 / 460
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| Senate | 0 / 100
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| European Parliament | 0 / 51
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It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński until the latter dissolved in September 2007. In the 2007 parliamentary election, it failed to gain the 5% threshold required to enter the Sejm and lost all its seats, even failing to cross the 3% threshold for eligibility to receive government funding. Since then, the party has become a minor political force, but continues to exist.
The All-Polish Youth used to be affiliated with the party as its youth wing, but these two organisations later severed their relations.