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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