Law and Justice

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Law and Justice Prawo i Sprawiedliwość
Abbreviation	PiS
Chairman	Jarosław Kaczyński
Founders	Lech Kaczyński[1] Jarosław Kaczyński
Founded	13 June 2001; 22 years ago (2001-06-13)
Split from	Solidarity Electoral Action Centre Agreement
Headquarters	ul. Nowogrodzka [pl] 84/86, 02-018 Warsaw
Youth wing	Law and Justice Youth Forum
Membership	48,000 (2023 est.)[2]
Ideology	National conservatism Right-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing
National affiliation	United Right
European affiliation	European Conservatives and Reformists Party
European Parliament group	European Conservatives and Reformists
Colours	Blue   White   Red[3]
Seats in the Sejm	163 / 460
Seats in the Senate	29 / 100
Seats in the European Parliament	21 / 52
Regional assemblies	238 / 552
Voivodes	0 / 16
Voivodeship Marshals	4 / 16
City Presidents	4 / 107
Mayors	52 / 906
Wójts	145 / 1,463
Powiat Councils	2,080 / 6,170
Gmina Councils	3,069 / 39,416
Website
www.pis.org.pl
Politics of Poland Political parties Elections

Law and Justice (Polish: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość [ˈpravɔ i ˌspravjɛˈdlivɔɕt͡ɕ] ^ⓘ, PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński.

It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct successor of the Centre Agreement after it split from the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS). It won the 2005 parliamentary and presidential elections, after which Lech became the president of Poland. It headed a parliamentary coalition with the League of Polish Families and Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland between 2005 and the 2007 election. It placed second and they remained in the parliamentary opposition until 2015. It regained the presidency in the 2015 election, and later won a majority of seats in the parliamentary election. They retained the positions following the 2019 and 2020 election, but lost their majority following the 2023 Polish parliamentary election.

During its foundation, it sought to position itself as a centrist Christian democratic party, although shortly after, it adopted more culturally and socially conservative views and began their shift to the right. Under Kaczyński's national-conservative and law and order agenda, PiS embraced economic interventionism.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} It has also pursued close relations with the Catholic Church, although in 2011, the Catholic-nationalist faction split off to form United Poland.^[9] During the 2010s, it also adopted right-wing populist positions. After regaining power, PiS gained popularity with transfer payments to families with children.^[10]

It is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists,^[11] and on national-level, it heads the United Right coalition. It currently holds 189 seats in the Sejm and 34 in the Senate.

It has attracted widespread international criticism and domestic protest movements for allegedly dismantling liberal-democratic checks and balances.^{[12][improper synthesis?]}