Poland
Law and Justice
National conservatism
Governed Poland from 2015 to 2023. Combined large family cash transfers and social spending with judicial reorganisation, restrictions on abortion and confrontation with the European Union over rule of law.
- Founded
- 2001
- Positions as of
- 2023 parliamentary election programme
- Last verified
What does it believe?
Wealth and inequality
Introduced the 500+ universal child benefit, one of Europe’s largest family transfer programmes, alongside pension age reduction.
Power and its limits
Restructured the Constitutional Tribunal, Supreme Court and judicial council, which EU institutions and Polish courts found breached judicial independence.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Well documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Well documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Documented
Crime and punishment
Evidence: Well documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- Program Wyborczy · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość · 2023
- Judgments on judicial independence in Poland · Court of Justice of the European Union · 2021
Logo: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość wordmark.svg · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons.