Poland 2050 could back \u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a in the upcoming early Krak\u00f3w mayoral election on September 27, potentially straining the ruling coalition amid shifting political alliances. <\/p>\n
Poland 2050 leader and Funds Minister Katarzyna Pe\u0142czy\u0144ska-Na\u0142\u0119cz met with \u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a and councillors from the Krak\u00f3w dla Mieszka\u0144c\u00f3w club in late July. On the X platform, she stated that it was a “good conversation” about “residents’ right to decide on Airbnb (referring to short-term rentals) and the metropolitan act.” Pe\u0142czy\u0144ska-Na\u0142\u0119cz mysteriously announced at the time that “to be continued.”<\/p>\n
Councillor \u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a, a former Civic Platform and Palikot’s Movement MP, announced last Friday that he will run in the early mayoral election. This is the fourth time he will be running for the position, and he is currently considered the favorite in the race for the mayor’s office.<\/p>\n
According to unofficial PAP findings, the scenario in which Poland 2050 would support \u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a’s candidacy is not excluded. Politicians from the grouping emphasize that such a decision has not yet been formally made, but both sides share common themes and “no major discrepancies.”<\/p>\n
One of the Polish Press Agency’s interlocutors explained that they are planning further meetings, noting that to their knowledge there is currently no other candidate they would want to talk to, though official support is still a long way off. They added that the decision is ahead of them, but Giba\u0142a’s way of thinking is indeed close to their political thinking.<\/p>\n
Originally, Poland 2050’s candidate for mayor of Krak\u00f3w was supposed to be the head of its parliamentary club, Pawe\u0142 \u015aliz. However, last Monday the politician informed Polish Radio 24 that he does not intend to run.<\/p>\n
The early mayoral election in Krak\u00f3w will take place on September 27 of this year, which is related to the May referendum in which city residents recalled Aleksander Miszalski (KO) from the function of mayor. In the 2024 local elections, councillor \u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a was the main rival of the KO candidate, with Miszalski ultimately winning by defeating Giba\u0142a in the second round by only about 5.4 thousand votes.<\/p>\n
Poland 2050’s decision to support \u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a could increase tensions within the ruling camp, given that Senator Monika Pi\u0105tkowska (backed by Civic Coalition and PSL) and MP Daria Gosek-Popio\u0142ek from the New Left club are also fighting for the mayor’s seat. Such a move by Poland 2050 would not be a surprise, however, as Katarzyna Pe\u0142czy\u0144ska-Na\u0142\u0119cz has long positioned her party as an internal critic within the ruling coalition.<\/p>\n
Other figures who have declared their candidacy for mayor of Krak\u00f3w include former Supreme Audit Office head Marian Bana\u015b, Bartosz Boche\u0144czak (Confederation), Micha\u0142 Dwernicki (PiS), presidential recall referendum initiator Jan Hoffman, Micha\u0142 Klimek (KORWiN Confederation), Aleksandra Owca (Razem Party), S\u0142awomir Pietrzyk (Polish Social Democracy), Marta Ratuszy\u0144ska (Dobry Radom grouping), Gra\u017cyna Zofia \u015awiat (Nonpartisan Local Government Activists of Lesser Poland), and former Krak\u00f3w councillor \u0141ukasz Wantuch.<\/p>\n
Poland 2050 is a centrist party that Szymon Ho\u0142ownia founded after taking third place in the 2020 presidential election, where he won 13.87 percent of the vote. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, the party ran in a coalition with PSL as Third Way, which ultimately won 14.4 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n
Third Way was dissolved in June 2025, and since then Poland 2050 and PSL have been analyzed separately in polls. Most recent research indicates that both parties are below the electoral threshold in terms of support.<\/p>\n
Following the internal elections in January, Funds Minister Katarzyna Pe\u0142czy\u0144ska-Na\u0142\u0119cz became the chairwoman of the grouping. In mid-February of this year, a split occurred in the party, resulting in Climate Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska leaving the grouping along with a group of a dozen or so parliamentarians to form a new parliamentary club named Centrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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