Janusz Korwin-Mike still cannot get enough of politics and founded another party. The name of the former confederation's MP group is a portmanteau of the old name already used by Nowa Nadzieja, i.e. KORWiN. The 81-year-old politician also announces a “concrete program” for the European Parliament elections.
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Janusz Korwin-Mike He announced the name of his new party quite surprisingly, in response to a post on X by a netizen who accused the politician of a lack of specificity on the matter.
Janusz Korwin-Mike founded a new party. This is how you prepare for the European Parliament elections
“Spread it. It's called—surprise here— Corwin. And its program is the same as the former KORWiN. But there is a separate, very specific program for the European Parliament elections,” he said Former MP Confederation.
This means that the party is new but the name is old. Let us remind you that he is a Eurosceptic A new hope From June 2015 to November 2022, the so-called Coalition for Renewal of the Republic of Poland, Freedom and Hope, or KORWiN for short. After Janusz Corwin-Mike stepped down as president on 15 October 2022, he replaced him. Slavomir Menzen.
Corwin-Mike also spoke about his new group Interior. As he said, the issue of the name was discussed until the last minute, and only one day before the registration, a decision was made to use the name KORWiN.
– It should be called a party radical party. The domains were already purchased and everything was prepared, but I convinced them to take the name KORWiN, he said.
He added: – I wanted the name to be radical, to emphasize that we are unique. However, I was sure that it would be poorly received in Poland and voters would have bad associations. I don't know if I did the right thing, time will tell.
Controversial publicist joined Corwin-Mike
The October parliamentary elections ended with the defeat of Janusz Korwin-Mike. The politician did not win re-election and was dismissed from the leadership council of the confederation. The party also banned him from speaking in public shortly after The leadership of New Hope has announced that it will no longer participate in any election as its representative.
The former MP held talks with party activists, met the confederation's youth wing and even asked netizens how they envisioned his next party.
Corwin-Mike, by the way, was joined by his friend Stanislav MikhalkevichFormer politician and controversial publicist. On December 13, 2023, Michalkiewicz announced its launch European Parliament elections.
Janusz Korwin Mike has been in Polish politics for years. Since the beginning of the Third Republic of Poland, he has participated in a total of 29 elections, including five times as President of Poland. On time He also founded four partieswhich he led.
They were: Real Policy Connection, Freedom and the rule of law, New Right Congress, Coalition for Renewal of the Republic of Poland, Freedom and HopeAs well as the current “new”, ie Corwin. In the past, he also belonged to the Socialist Youth Union and the Democratic Party.