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Civic Platform
Civic Platform
(, PO) is a
liberal-conservative
,
Christian democratic
, and
liberal
political party in Poland
. Civic Platform came to power following the
2007 general election
as the major coalition partner in Poland's government, with party leader
Donald Tusk
as
Prime Minister of Poland
. Tusk was re-elected as Prime Minister in the
2011 general election
but stepped down three years later to assume the post of
President of the European Council
. Prime Minister
Ewa Kopacz
led the party in the
2015 general election
but was defeated by the
Law and Justice
party. On November 16, 2015 Civic Platform government stepped down after exactly 8 years in power. In
2010
Civic Platform candidate
Bronislaw Komorowski
was elected as
President of Poland
, but failed in running for re-election in
2015
. PO is the second largest party in the
Sejm
, with 138 seats, and the
Senate
, with 34 seats. Civic Platform is a member of the
European People's Party
(EPP).
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