AWS

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AWS (Solidarity Electoral Action) was a Polish political coalition formed in the early 1990s that brought together post-Solidarity groups to contest democratic elections after the fall of communism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political coalition
competedWith Democratic Left Alliance NERFINISHED
country Poland
dissolved 2001
electionResult won 1997 Polish parliamentary election
electoralType parliamentary coalition
formedGovernmentWith Freedom Union NERFINISHED
formedInDecade 1990s
founded 1996
fullName Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność NERFINISHED
fullNameInEnglish Solidarity Electoral Action NERFINISHED
hadSupportBase Catholic voters in Poland
Solidarity trade union members
heldOffice governing coalition of Poland
historicalContext post-communist transition in Poland
historicalRole major governing coalition in late 1990s Poland
ideology Christian democracy
anti-communism
conservatism
includedParty Centre Agreement
Christian National Union NERFINISHED
Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland (initially, in part) NERFINISHED
Party of Christian Democrats NERFINISHED
Solidarity trade union political factions
languageOfOperation Polish
legacy influenced Polish centre-right politics
precursor to Law and Justice
operatedIn Third Polish Republic NERFINISHED
opposed post-communist left
origin post-Solidarity movement groups
trade union Solidarity milieu
participatedIn 1997 Polish parliamentary election
politicalOrientation pro-market reforms
socially conservative
politicalPosition centre-right
right-wing
politicalSystem multi-party democracy
primeMinisterFromAWS Jerzy Buzek NERFINISHED
purpose to contest democratic elections after the fall of communism
reasonForDecline electoral defeats
internal fragmentation
region Central Europe
representedInterest post-Solidarity electorate
shortName AWS NERFINISHED
supportedGovernmentOf Jerzy Buzek NERFINISHED

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