Joanna Mucha resigns from Poland 2050, citing regret, as Paulina Hennig-Kloska forms a new parliamentary club called Centrum.
Joanna Mucha Resigns from Poland 2050
Joanna Mucha announced her resignation from Poland 2050 in a post on X on Wednesday, February 18. She stated, “I have decided to resign from membership in Szymon Hołownia’s Poland 2050 party and the parliamentary club. I will remain an independent MP. I thank my colleagues from the party for five years of joint work. I very much regret that it ended this way.”
Paulina Hennig-Kloska Forms New Centrum Club
Paulina Hennig-Kloska also left Poland 2050 along with a group of cooperating politicians. At a press conference on Wednesday, she said, “We decided we want to create a parliamentary club where we regain space to work and implement our proposals from the 2023 campaign. This is an incredibly difficult decision.” She announced the new club will be called Centrum, emphasizing it represents balance against extremism.
Michał Kobosko, Aleksandra Leo, Ryszard Petru, Marcin Skonieczka, Norbert Pietrykowski, Ewa Szymanowska, Sławomir Ćwik, Rafał Kasprzyk, Elżbieta Burkiewicz, and Żaneta Cwalina-Śliwowska attended the press conference.
Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz Comments on Departures
Poland 2050 chair Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz addressed the party crisis, referencing the internal election where she defeated Paulina Hennig-Kloska. She stated, “Not everyone is ready to accept such a result. Poland 2050 is a centrist party representing the middle class. Either people who join us accept this vision and democratic choice, or it seems they don’t understand democracy.”