A Resolution Passed by a Single Vote Could Sink Poland 2050? “There Is No Trust”
Saturday’s National Council of Poland 2050 was meant to calm tensions within the party, which has been embroiled in an internal struggle for influence. Instead of easing the situation, the meeting intensified the conflict, brought mutual accusations, and triggered announcements of departures from the party—one of which has already taken place. The party, a member of the governing coalition, is now on the brink of disintegration.
The Council supported a resolution “on the functioning of the Poland 2050 party and entities representing it until the National Convention,” calling on members to refrain from making formal changes within bodies representing the party. The resolution passed by a margin of just one vote, underscoring how deeply divided the grouping led by Pełczyńska-Nałęcz has become.
Cwalina-Śliwowska Leaves. Leo Next?
Adding fuel to the fire, Żaneta Cwalina-Śliwowska announced that she was leaving Poland 2050. Asked whether she would join another party and what her next steps would be, Cwalina-Śliwowska said she did not yet know, but wanted the decision to be made together with a group of people who, like her, “no longer feel part of Poland 2050.” There is speculation that MP Aleksandra Leo may be the next to leave the party.
Following her statement, Poland 2050 wrote on X that its National Council had “adopted a peace resolution obliging all PL 2050 members to cooperate, engage in dialogue, and end personal disputes. The aim of the resolution is to redirect energy toward cooperation and work, to rebuild voters’ trust, rather than sinking into quarrels and conflicts.”
“There is room in Poland 2050 for everyone who wants such cooperation and peaceful internal dialogue. However, if someone does not want to cooperate within our party, if someone does not want peace and to reach solutions through dialogue—that is their choice. But by making that choice and placing themselves outside Poland 2050, they also place themselves outside its Parliamentary Club, which is the parliamentary representation of our party,” the party leadership stated.
Open War in Poland 2050. Hennig-Kloska Speaks Out
Deputy leader of Poland 2050 Paulina Hennig-Kloska, asked about Saturday’s events, said that during the National Council meeting a “somewhat engineered majority” adopted what she called Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz’s “gag resolution.” She added that the resolution stipulates that “MPs and senators have no right to make any decisions concerning themselves, and that it will be the chairwoman—not the members of the parliamentary club—who decides who leads the club.”
“We did not join a party where people are stripped of their voice and decisions are made on their behalf,” Hennig-Kloska emphasized.
In her view, Saturday’s developments at the National Council had nothing to do with democracy or solidarity. “Especially when we consider that before the National Council meeting, the chairwoman, through the hands of the secretary general, blocked by-elections of certain delegates in order to maintain a majority in the Council,” she said.
Asked whether she still sees a future for Poland 2050, Hennig-Kloska replied that “today the party is struggling with a huge problem when it comes to public trust.”
“Such actions deprive it of oxygen, because if there is no trust within the parliamentary club and efforts to rebuild it are torpedoed, then naturally this will spread to supporters and voters,” she added.
Poland 2050 MP Łukasz Osmalak, commenting on Żaneta Cwalina-Śliwowska’s departure, pointed out that it is “no secret” that for some time there have been differences of opinion within the party. Likewise, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs and Poland 2050 MP Michał Gramatyka assessed that Cwalina-Śliwowska’s departure was the result of her inability to accept the National Council’s decision to adopt the resolution. Gramatyka added that Saturday’s conduct by some of his party colleagues “left a very bitter taste.”Saturday’s National Council of Poland 2050 was meant to calm tensions within the party, which has been embroiled in an internal struggle for influence. Instead of easing the situation, the meeting intensified the conflict, brought mutual accusations, and triggered announcements of departures from the party—one of which has already taken place. The party, a member of the governing coalition, is now on the brink of disintegration.
The Council supported a resolution “on the functioning of the Poland 2050 party and entities representing it until the National Convention,” calling on members to refrain from making formal changes within bodies representing the party. The resolution passed by a margin of just one vote, underscoring how deeply divided the grouping led by Pełczyńska-Nałęcz has become.
Cwalina-Śliwowska Leaves. Leo Next?
Adding fuel to the fire, Żaneta Cwalina-Śliwowska announced that she was leaving Poland 2050. Asked whether she would join another party and what her next steps would be, Cwalina-Śliwowska said she did not yet know, but wanted the decision to be made together with a group of people who, like her, “no longer feel part of Poland 2050.” There is speculation that MP Aleksandra Leo may be the next to leave the party.
Following her statement, Poland 2050 wrote on X that its National Council had “adopted a peace resolution obliging all PL 2050 members to cooperate, engage in dialogue, and end personal disputes. The aim of the resolution is to redirect energy toward cooperation and work, to rebuild voters’ trust, rather than sinking into quarrels and conflicts.”
“There is room in Poland 2050 for everyone who wants such cooperation and peaceful internal dialogue. However, if someone does not want to cooperate within our party, if someone does not want peace and to reach solutions through dialogue—that is their choice. But by making that choice and placing themselves outside Poland 2050, they also place themselves outside its Parliamentary Club, which is the parliamentary representation of our party,” the party leadership stated.
Open War in Poland 2050. Hennig-Kloska Speaks Out
Deputy leader of Poland 2050 Paulina Hennig-Kloska, asked about Saturday’s events, said that during the National Council meeting a “somewhat engineered majority” adopted what she called Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz’s “gag resolution.” She added that the resolution stipulates that “MPs and senators have no right to make any decisions concerning themselves, and that it will be the chairwoman—not the members of the parliamentary club—who decides who leads the club.”
“We did not join a party where people are stripped of their voice and decisions are made on their behalf,” Hennig-Kloska emphasized.
In her view, Saturday’s developments at the National Council had nothing to do with democracy or solidarity. “Especially when we consider that before the National Council meeting, the chairwoman, through the hands of the secretary general, blocked by-elections of certain delegates in order to maintain a majority in the Council,” she said.
Asked whether she still sees a future for Poland 2050, Hennig-Kloska replied that “today the party is struggling with a huge problem when it comes to public trust.”
“Such actions deprive it of oxygen, because if there is no trust within the parliamentary club and efforts to rebuild it are torpedoed, then naturally this will spread to supporters and voters,” she added.
Poland 2050 MP Łukasz Osmalak, commenting on Żaneta Cwalina-Śliwowska’s departure, pointed out that it is “no secret” that for some time there have been differences of opinion within the party. Likewise, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs and Poland 2050 MP Michał Gramatyka assessed that Cwalina-Śliwowska’s departure was the result of her inability to accept the National Council’s decision to adopt the resolution. Gramatyka added that Saturday’s conduct by some of his party colleagues “left a very bitter taste.”