Real Politics Union

Real Politics Union Unia Polityki Realnej
President	Bartosz Józwiak
Vice President	Wojciech Helmin
Secretary General	Tomasz Brzezina
Founded	14 November 1987 (as a society) 6 December 1990 (as a party)
Headquarters	ul. Nowy Świat 41, 00-042 Warsaw
Ideology	Conservatism Monarchism Conservative liberalism Libertarian conservatism Economic liberalism Fiscal conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
Website
http://upr.org.pl
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The Real Politics Union (Polish: Unia Polityki Realnej), abbreviated to UPR, was a free market-emphasizing conservative political party in Poland. It was composed of conservatives, libertarians and monarchists. The party slogan was: "Freedom, Property, Justice".

Ideology

The Real Politics Union's programme included:

• It generally favors reduced government spending, tax cuts and a flexible labour market.
• Minimal government bureaucracy.
• Protection of property rights.
• The party wants waiver of income tax collection.
• Promotion of privatization and reprivatization.
• Demonopolization
• Decentralization
• Deregulation
• Decommunization
• It postulates a return of capital punishment for murderers.
• It wanted to end conscription and to introduce a voluntary army.
• Private health care and voluntary education.
• The party is pro-life and thus opposes euthanasia and abortion.
• It is against same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.
• Support for NATO and participation in free trade organizations.
• Opposition to European Union.

Popular support and funding

The UPR consistently enjoyed the support of only 1-2% of voters in general elections, too low to receive public funding under Polish electoral law. As a consequence, it faced prolonged financial difficulties since its inception. In the 1991 legislative election, the party won 3 seats.

UPR's candidates commenced their political campaign from the liberal-conservative organisation Janusz Korwin-Mikke's Platform ("Platforma Janusza Korwin-Mikke"). The PJKM did not manage to cross the required 5% threshold in the 2005 parliamentary elections (it got only 1.57%).

In the most recent election, the UPR candidates campaigned in cooperation with the League of Polish Families but did not enter into a formal coalition.

The list on which both the UPR and the League appeared saw the UPR get 1.5% votes. This was insufficient to get any of their candidates into the lower house ("Sejm") and therefore the UPR remained unable to obtain public funding.

Leadership

• Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1990 - 1997)
• Stanisław Michalkiewicz (1997 - 1999)
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1999 - 2003)
• Stanisław Wojtera (2003 - 2005)
• Jacek Boroń (2005)
• Wojciech Popiela (2005 - 2008)
• Bolesław Witczak (2008 - 2011)
• Bartosz Józwiak (since 2011)

Party symbol

A special colour variation of St George's Cross is used here as a traditional symbol of a struggle for principles. The colours of the flag represent: a struggle for allegiance (blue), virtue (white) and freedom (black).

See also

• Conservative-Monarchist Club
• Organisation of Polish Monarchists

External links

• Official website (in Polish)
• UPR Wiki (in Polish)

• thank YouTube one of a few TV spots showing UPR state policy (in Polish)
• UPR TV (in Polish)