KO (Civic Platform Party)

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2024: Of Poland's 53 seats in the European Parliament, Civic Platform gets 21

The results of the elections to the European Parliament convocation 2024-2029. for Poland clearly did not come as a particular surprise.

All Polish parties competed for 53 seats out of 720. The turnout was lower than five years ago, slightly exceeding 40%.

Perhaps it was the small turnout that became an advantage for the ruling "Civil Platform" (KO), the leader of which is Prime Minister Donald Tusk. They got most of the mandates - 21.

2023: KO is a party of former German voivodships in the west of the country

If you look at how the voivodships in Poland voted, it is quite easy to note a clear division. Former German possessions in the West actively supported the opposition, whose leader Donald Tusk was so persistently accused of having ties with Germany. At the same time, Eastern Poland in the majority advocated conservative Law and Justice (PiS).

2019: Tusk returns to Polish politics

Having resigned in the structures of the European Union in 2019, Tusk returned to Polish politics, many thought that this happened in order to take part in the 2020 presidential elections, but the oppositionist refused this.

In his new program, Tusk went through all liberal canons: he promised great participation in politics to women, legalization of LGBT unions, allow abortions before 12 weeks of pregnancy, finance IVF, payments to young people, an increase in teachers' salaries by 30% and even an interest-free loan for the purchase of the first apartment.

The worst thing for the ruling PiS party at this time is that liberals want to allow trade on Sunday, liquidate the Church Fund, and delete religious grades from school certificates.

The traditional electorate of KO is youth, active women and part of the LGBT community.

2015: Election defeat

Tusk lost power in Poland and moved to a new position in the European Council, but did not achieve much success there, but this determined the entire further orientation of the KO policy. One of the main theses of opposition propaganda against the ruling party was the belief that PiS's Kaczynski and his team are planning Polexit - Poland's exit from the European Union.

2007: Election win with 41.5% of the vote

In the 2007 Polish snap parliamentary election, the KO won a landslide victory with 41.5% of the vote, allowing it to take 209 seats out of 460 in the Sejm and 60 out of 100 in the Senate.

As a result, President Kaczynski's twin brother, PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, resigned.

Tusk's election was won by promises to lower tax rates, rid the population of bureaucratic delays and other projects that would allow Poland to accelerate economic reforms and achieve an "economic miracle."

At this time, Tusk is especially often remembered that he tried to maintain a fragile friendship with the Russian government, and also paid too much attention to Germany.

2001: Donald Tusk creates the party

The KO party was created in 2001, its leader and founder is Donald Tusk, who later served not only as prime minister of Poland, but also as chairman of the European Council.

He is the most famous representative of the Kashuba people in the world, living in northern Poland and considered direct descendants of the ancient Slavic Pomeranian tribe.

The KO adheres to a liberal-conservative ideology, focusing its policies on pro-Europeanism, feminism, anti-clericalism, and a socially oriented market economy.