Talk:United Right (Poland)

Merger
The reasonableness, let alone importance, of this article is at least debatable. UR is not a formal political entity - not a party, not a parliamentary caucus, not an association. There is no corresponding article in Polish wikipedia (one of the same name is, in fact, relating to a former parliamentary caucus operating only between 2014 and 2015). Noone in the open public space uses the logo depicted as belonging to UR and it may be (although I have no proof) a self-made piece of design. The notion of UR is a linguistic, journalistic notion used to describe multiple political entities under general influence of PiS. All of the members of the organisations indicated here as parts of UR have been drafted into the electoral lists of PiS and belong to its single parliamentary caucus in Sejm - KP PiS. IMO these few information in this article can be successfully merged into the PiS page. Similar warning notes have been also published on talk pages of linked Polish and French articles, to which I refer for additional information. Therefore, I put the further existence of this article to question, suggest described merging and await opinion of fellow editors on the matter. 88.156.136.237 (talk) 10:41, 17 June 2020 (UTC)


 * strong oppose firstly the last paragraph of plwiki relates to what is described on this article, also what is on plwiki is not necessarily relevant anyway. Secondly this is described as "an informal conservative political alliance" which agrees with the notion that "not a formal political entity - not a party, not a parliamentary caucus, not an association". Thirdly, this term is still in use to describe the alliance; United Poland and the Agreement may be much more minor than PiS but I'm sure they would be dissatisfied to be labelled as part of a different political party, even if they use their electoral lists. Even if they were to merge into PiS, then this still would be a valid stand-alone article in a historical context. Abcmaxx (talk) 16:06, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose, it seems to be widely mentioned in Polish media and also in some Western sources like Politico, The Atlantic and Freedom House. It appears there was a coalition agreement signed by the respective party leaders, as well as talk of parties leaving the alliance, suggesting that they do not consider one another to all be part of the same party. Reference.--Jay942942 (talk) 11:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose Similar to what has been mentioned above, I agree that it should not be merged. Furthermore, It's important to distinguish between what a party is, and what an alliance is. Especially since the regulation of parties and its functions are different to those of alliances. boldblazer (talk) 22:02, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Definition
This "entity" can be called a lot of things; a big parliamentary group, a Law and Justice support group, an electoral alliance, a network of electoral alliances, a common front, a complex network of arrangements and agreements, an informal agreement between parties, a coalition government. However since the Agreement Party's split and departure (or partial departure?) and Kukiz'15's entrance does anyone actually know what the correct political scientific term is for this "entity" is?

It does not seem to be anything like the other Polish coalitions (e.g. Civic Coalition, Confederation, or Polish Coalition who have defined written agreements and clear membership structure and rules) and much more free flowing, with constant rifts and changes and various re-shuffles of personnel.

The most curious is Paweł Kukiz describing Kukiz'15 signed agreement as "an electoral support agreement but not a coalition agreement" but surely that is exactly what a coalition is, as he intends to vote on all matters with the government?

I listed it as "external support" with a link to "confidence and supply" after an objection raised by another contributor, possibly because of PK's comments but perhaps because they retained their own electoral lists and parliamentary club; however even the confidence and supply label is technically incorrect as confidence and supply applies to Westminster based systems, of which Poland definitely is not.

Any comments welcome. Abcmaxx (talk) 23:37, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

United Poland
I wonder why the article refers to United Poland instead of Sovereign Poland? FantinoFalco (talk) 01:36, 5 October 2023 (UTC)