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Unia Polityki Realnej
Leader	Magdalena Kocik
Founded	6 December 1990
Headquarters	ul. Nowy Świat 41, 00-042 Warsaw
Ideology	Conservatism, Libertarianism, Monarchism
International affiliation	None
Website
www.upr.org.pl

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The Real Politics Union (Unia Polityki Realnej, UPR) is a free market-emphasizing conservative political party in Poland. It is composed of conservatives, libertarians and monarchists. The party slogan is: "Freedom, Property, Justice".

Ideology

The Real Politics Union's program includes:

• 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 wants 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 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• Opposition to European Union.

Popular support and funding

The UPR consistently enjoys the support of approximately 1-2% of voters in general elections, and therefore does not receive public funding under Polish electoral law. As a consequence it has faced prolonged financial difficulties since its inception. In 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 (the party had the support of only 1.57% of voters).

In the most recent election, UPR's 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 garnering 1.5% votes. This was insufficient to get any of their candidates into the Lower House ("Sejm") and therefore the UPR remains 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 (2008-2010)
• Magdalena Kocik (2010-...)

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)

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