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’ has formed an
electoral alliance in Poland with the contro-
versial Liga Polskich Rodzin (LPR), League of
Polish Families.
In March a spokesperson for Libertas told
the Irish Times that Libertas “has never allied
itself with political parties in Poland”.
However, information on the Polish Past-
wowa Komisja Wyborcza (National Electoral
Commission) website shows that almost one-
third of the candidates running under the
‘Komitet Wyborczy Libertas’ (Libertas Elec-
tion Committee) name in Poland are members
of the far-right Liga Polskich Rodzin.
The words ‘członek Ligi Polskich Rodzin’
(‘member of the League of Polish Families’)
appear after the names of out of the
candidates on the ‘Komitet Wyborczy Liber-
tas’ (KW Libertas) lists in Poland.
The LPR is a controversial, far-right, ul-
tra-nationalist, xenophobic and allegedly,
anti-Semitic party, former members of which
have been linked to neo-Nazi activity. It cam-
paigned against Polish membership of the EU,
describing the EU as a “centralised, socialist
superstate”.
In , Leokadia Zwiazek, assistant to
LPR member and Polish MEP Maciej Gier-
tych, was fired after she appeared in a video
showing members of All-Polish Youth gather-
ing around a burning swastika and chanting
‘Sieg Heil’. A song with the words ‘Stand up
and beat this canting Jewish mug … Without
mercy kill it, without scruples beat the evil’
played during the party.
All-Polish Youth is a youth political move-
ment previously associated with the LPR. Ro-
man Giertych, former leader of the LPR and
son of Maciej Giertych, was its honorary
chairman.
Maciej Giertych, an LPR MEP known for
Libertas is allying with the most
right-wing forces in Poland,
Spain and Italy
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