Paulina Hennig-Kloska announces formation of new parliamentary club “Centrum” following split in Poland 2050 party.
New Parliamentary Club Formation
Paulina Hennig-Kloska announced on Wednesday (February 18) at a press conference that they have decided to create a parliamentary club where they can regain space to work and implement the proposals they put forward during the 2023 campaign. Hennig-Kloska described this as an extremely difficult decision.
The club will be called “Centrum” (Center). “Centrum is where people meet where they work out good compromises and achieve success, because we want Poland to be at the center of our work, our attention, but also because center is where you find balance and counterbalance to the extremes we have far too many of in Poland in recent years,” said Paulina Hennig-Kloska.
Reasons for the Split
“We don’t see space to implement our proposals in the current group and parliamentary club. There was a lot one could hear about this recently,” Hennig-Kloska continued. “This is a lack of space for dialogue and partnership cooperation.” When congratulating Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz on her election victory, Hennig-Kloska had said that actions, not words, would determine whether they could bury the ditches that emerged during the election campaign.
National Council Meeting
Everything began with the Saturday meeting of the National Council and a resolution proposed by the new leader Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz. Her idea to temporarily suspend personnel changes in Poland 2050 until March 21 was intended to “introduce peace,” but it sparked sharp criticism from some politicians who began leaving the party.
“Last Saturday we held the National Council, during which the club was stripped of its agency. One-person decision-making by the chairwoman is not a working method we can agree to,” commented Paulina Hennig-Kłoska during the press conference.
Parliamentary Club Issues
It turns out that the resolution is not the only objection to the leaders of Poland 2050. “The parliamentary club during the last four-day parliamentary session did not meet once. This is the first time in my 10-year parliamentary career where during a session I didn’t have the opportunity to discuss with other club members current affairs and decisions being made in the Sejm,” explained Paulina Hennig-Kloska.
