The stays of the previous Polska 2050 caucus — additionally numbering 15 MPs — facet with Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, the minister for EU funds and regional coverage. Following her win on Jan. 31, the celebration management voted to freeze personnel adjustments to de-escalate tensions earlier than a March conference. Their former colleagues known as the transfer an try and silence them.
The turmoil additionally break up Polska 2050’s illustration within the Senate and within the European Parliament after MEP Michał Kobosko left the celebration Monday.
Polska 2050 has been in deep disaster since Hołownia’s disastrous 2025 presidential marketing campaign, wherein he gained lower than 5 p.c help and positioned behind even far-right maverick Grzegorz Braun. Hołownia’s failed presidential bid additionally ended Polska 2050’s alliance with the Polish Folks’s Social gathering contained in the Tusk coalition.
Within the earlier 2020 presidential election, against this, Hołownia had gained almost 14 p.c and capitalized on that consequence to discovered Polska 2050.
The celebration, Hołownia stated on the time, was a 3rd choice amid the continued feud between Civic Coalition and Legislation and Justice that has dominated Polish politics for over twenty years.
Polska 2050 was at one level neck-and-neck within the polls with Civic Coalition, however fell again after Tusk re-entered Polish politics following a outstanding hiatus as head of the European Council.
Hołownia slammed the MPs who left Polska 2050, saying “they hate” the celebration’s new chief.
