Formation and parliamentary election The coalition was first mentioned on 4 February 2019, at a press conference as a union of the
Polish People's Party (PSL), the
Union of European Democrats (UED) and
Modern (N). The idea was supported by former mayor of
Wrocław,
Rafał Dutkiewicz. In the
May 2019 European Parliament election, the PSL, Modern and UED participated in the
European Coalition, which included centre-right, centrist and centre-left parties. The PSL general council decided to build the Polish Coalition, a
centre-right coalition, on 1 June of that year. The desire for a coalition was first declared by the
League of Polish Families (LPR) and the UED. The PSL also held talks with
Kukiz'15, the
Right Wing of the Republic and the
Nonpartisan Local Government Activists movement, and invited
Civic Platform (PO). The PSL-UED parliamentary coalition changed its name to PSL-Polish Coalition on 4 July 2019, and was joined by former members of PO (
Marek Biernacki and
Jacek Tomczak) and
Modern (Radosław Lubczyk). Two days later, the PSL general council announced that an alliance with PO is a coalition priority.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz confirmed UED cooperation. On 23 July, the PSL's Piotr Zgorzelski confirmed that the
Alliance of Democrats and
Labour Party were part of the coalition and talks with
Kukiz'15 and Nonpartisan Local Governments Association were cordial and would end soon. A week later,
Marek Sawicki confirmed that the
Association of Catholic Families had joined the coalition. The
Silesians Together party and the Jura-Silesian Association European Home joined the coalition on 5 August 2019. Three days later (after losing several MPs),
Kukiz'15 joined the coalition. One member each from Civic Platform and the
League of Polish Families (LPR) were also on the PSL list, despite those parties not belonging to the coalition. In the
2019 parliamentary election, the PSL received 8.6 percent of the vote; an improvement compared to the
2015 parliamentary election. The coalition gained 30 seats in the
Sejm: 20 from the PSL, six from Kukiz'15, one from the UED, and three independents. It also gained three
senators: two from the PSL and one from the UED.
Coalition since the end of 2019 Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz of the PSL became coalition's candidate for the
2020 presidential election. He received 459,365 votes which was 2.4%, coming fifth among eleven candidates On 26 November 2020, the General Council of PSL ended coalition with Kukiz'15, after 5 of 6 MPs of K'15 voted in favour of government's veto on European budget. Parliamentary club has its changed its title to Polish Coalition - PSL, UED, Conservatives. 5 politicians of Kukiz'15 with
Paweł Kukiz has formed their own group in parliament,
Agnieszka Ścigaj (who voted as PSL in case of veto) became independent MP. She joined PSL parliamentary group, but later she resigned from this political group and became unaffiliated MP. In 2021 Polish Coalition started unofficial cooperation with
Polish Affairs and
Agreement, and decided to talk with
Poland 2050 and more conservative local activists of
Civic Platform about possibilities of creating centre to centre-right political faction in Poland. On 2 May 2022
Ireneusz Raś (a conservative dissident from
Civic Platform) and independent MPs of Polish Coalition (former Civic Platform and Modern members) created conservative, Christian democratic
Centre for Poland. On 28 February Polish Coalition signed
Senate Pact agreement with other opposition parties. On 27 April 2023 Polish Coalition became a member of wider centrist
Third Way alliance with
Poland 2050 of
Szymon Hołownia. ==Composition==