Polish Labour Party

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The Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP) is a minor political party in Poland which describes itself as social democratic. It was created on November 11 2001 as the 'Alternative - Labour Party' (Alternatywa – Partia Pracy) and acquired its current name in 2004. The party is affiliated with the "Wolny Związkiem Zawodowym "Sierpień 80" - Konfederacja" trade union.

The party is opposed to privatisation of state assets and resulting from post-communist reforms and supports increased state expenditure. It is opposed to Polish involvement in the European Union. It supports increased cooperation with Poland’s eastern neighbours, free education and health care, free (state funded) contraception and abortions, recognition of same-sex civil unions, the withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq, the elimination of conscription and the introduction of a professional military, and the introduction of a 35 hour working week. It opposed the introduction of a flat tax and the introduction of capital punishment. It advocates a withdrawal from the concordat between the Polish state and the Catholic Church.

The Party’s candidate in the 2005 Polish presidential election, Daniel Podrzycki, was killed in a car accident on September 24 2005, one day prior to the Parliamentary election.