Piast Faction (Polish: Stronnictwo Piast, SP), informally Piast Party, formerly Polish People's Party "Piast" (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe Piast, PSL Piast); is a political party founded in 2006. Piast refers to the medieval Piast dynasty, Poland's founding royal house. It was created after a 2006 split in the modern PSL party. Its major politicians include Zdzisław Podkański, Janusz Wojciechowski and Zbigniew Kuźmiuk. It was an affiliate party of Libertas.eu.[1]

Piast Faction
Stronnictwo Piast
AbbreviationSP
LeaderZdzisław Podkański
Founded28 March 2006
Split fromPolish People's Party
HeadquartersLublin
IdeologyChristian democracy
Agrarianism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationUnited Right
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists (formerly)
Union for Europe of the Nations (formerly)
Sejm
0 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 51
Regional Councils
0 / 552

The party is allied with Law and Justice.[2]

Election results

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References

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  1. ^ "Libertas allies with fringe right wing in Poland" from http://www.polskieradio.pl Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "PiS łączy siły ze Stronnictwem Piast" (in Polish). 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2019.