Spring and the
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) initially cooperated in 2019 during the
October 2019 parliamentary election, as part of
The Left alliance. After the election, the plan to merge the two parties was announced. As a consequence, in 2020, SLD changed its name to
the New Left as the new party was to be based on the structures of the alliance. However, further plans concerning merger were postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 June 2021, the Spring's general assembly voted in favour of dissolving the party in order to merge with the SLD. In the
2023 Polish parliamentary election,
The Left coalition technically participated as the New Left party, whose list included representatives of
Left Together,
Labour Union,
Polish Socialist Party and
Social Democracy of Poland. It joined the four-party coalition that nominated
Donald Tusk as its candidate for prime minister. It received four seats in
Tusk's cabinet, with
Krzysztof Gawkowski as a deputy premier. It is the first time a left-wing party has been in government since the SLD's
last government was defeated in
2005. ==Leadership==