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Confederation of Independent Poland (KPN, Polish: Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej Polish pronunciation: [kɔnfɛdɛˈratsja ˈpɔlskʲi ɲɛpɔˈdlɛɡɫɛj]) was a Polish nationalist [2] political party founded on 1 September 1979 by Leszek Moczulski and others declaring support for the pre-war traditions of Sanacja and Józef Piłsudski.
The cited reason was to be consistent with its 1995-proclaimed, UN-recognised, international neutrality status, but experts have cited the country no longer needing Russia to provide natural gas access, as well as the country's declining faith in the confederation's ability to maintain internal stability in light of the Colour Revolutions. [43 ...
The country was partitioned in three stages by the Russian Empire, the German Kingdom of Prussia, and the Austrian Habsburg monarchy. By 1795, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been completely erased from the map of Europe. Poland and Lithuania were not re-established as independent countries until 1918. [128]
Only about 4 million people remained in Poland after the Second Partition which makes for a loss of another third of its original population, about a half of the remaining population. [15] By the Third Partition, Prussia ended up with about 23% of the Commonwealth's population, Austria with 32%, and Russia with 45%.
The Bar Confederation of 1768 was a szlachta rebellion directed against Russia and the Polish king, fought to preserve Poland's independence and in support of szlachta's traditional causes. It was brought under control and followed in 1772 by the First Partition of the Commonwealth , a permanent encroachment on the outer Commonwealth provinces ...
The Confederation is a right-wing orientated political alliance, [38] [39] and it is positioned on the far right on the political spectrum. [40] It is also considered to be a part of the radical right, [41] although some [specify] have disputed that it does not contain all elements of the radical right.
Polish Confederation may refer to: Confederation (Poland–Lithuania), an informal association in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Confederation of the Polish Crown, a monarchist party in Poland; Confederation Liberty and Independence, a Polish political party that initially formed as an alliance of right-wing political parties;
After the fall of Communist Poland, Słomka was a deputy of the Sejm between 1991 and 1997 as a member of the Confederation of Independent Poland. In 1996 he rebelled against the leader of the party Leszek Moczulski and founded a splinter party Confederation of Independent Poland - Patriotic Camp ( Polish : Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej ...