People's National Movement (Poland)

People's National Movement
Ruch Ludowo-Narodowy
AbbreviationRLN
LeaderJan Bestry
Founded22 September 2006
Dissolved30 November 2006
Split fromSRP and LPR
Merged intoPiS
Membership (2006)15
IdeologyNational agrarianism
Anti-neoliberalism
Solidarism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Green
  Cerulean
  Red
  White
Sejm
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional assemblies
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City presidents
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People's National Movement (Polish: Ruch Ludowo-Narodowy, RLN) was a parliamentary group in the 5th legislature (2005–2007) of Sejm of the Republic of Poland. It was founded on 22 September 2006 by former MPs of Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) and League of Polish Families (Polish: Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR) and was a response to both parties distancing themselves from Law and Justice, which they considered breaking their coalition agreement with (the coalition was dissolved in 2007). The goal of the People's National Movement was to keep the coalition with Law and Justice at any cost.

As the split further deepended divisions between left-wing populist Self-Defence, National-Catholic League of Polish Families and right-wing populist Law and Justice, the People's National Movement attempted to enter the PiS-SRP-LPR coalition as its fourth member. Once that proposal proved unable to be agreed upon, the group then tried to form an alliance directly with Law and Justice, envisioning to become a minor parent of the party akin to Christian Social Union in Bavaria and its union with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. In the end, the group was dissolved on 30 November 2006, less than three months after its formation, and all of its members joined Law and Justice.