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Partia Centrum (Centre Party) is a centrist, moderately conservative political party in Poland. Established on 3 April 2004, its founding declaration proclaimed a "necessity to take immediate steps towards repairing the state and to radically change the style of politics". The party's platform can be described as centrist with evident references to the tradition of Solidarity and Catholic social teaching. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The current government structure consists of a council of ministers led by a Prime Minister, typically chosen from a majority coalition in the bicameral legislatures lower house. ... Flag of the President of Poland The President of the Republic of Poland plays a very important part in the Polish legal system. ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament. ... 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The party's founding members and leadership are mostly from the ranks of the defunct party Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS), which held the government between 1997 and 2001, and other conservative to centrist groups, with some coming from he more liberal Freedom Union (UW). Solidarity Electoral Action (Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność, AWS) is a political party coalition in Poland. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Freedom Union (Unia WolnoÅ›ci, UW) was a liberal party in Poland. ...

Although nominally led by Janusz Steinhoff, formerly minister of economic affairs in the government of Jerzy Buzek, the main figurehead of the party is its honorary chairman and presidential candidate, senator Zbigniew Religa. Religa was leading in opinion polls until July but he withdrew in September 2 and asked his supporters to vote for the liberal Donald Tusk, his party has not entered the Sejm in the 2005 early elections with poll results never exceeding 5%. Jerzy Buzek Professor Jerzy Buzek (born 3 July 1940 in Śmiłowice, then Silesian Voivodship, now Smilovice, Czech Republic) is a Polish academic lecturer and politician, prime minister of Poland in years 1997-2001 and today a Member of European Parliament, elected 13th June, 2004 with the record number of votes... Zbigniew Religa (born December 16, 1938 in Miedniewice, Poland) is a prominent cardiologist and politician. ... Donald Tusk, born 22 April 1957 in GdaÅ„sk, is a Polish politician, co-founder and now chairman of the moderately conservative Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska). ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of Poland were held on September 25, 2005. ...

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