| Real Politics Union Unia Polityki Realnej |
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| President | Bartosz Józwiak |
| Vice President | Wojciech Helmin |
| Secretary General | Tomasz Brzezina |
| Founded | 14 November 1987 (as a society) 6 December 1990 (as a party) |
| Headquarters | ul. Nowy Świat 41, 00-042 Warsaw |
| Ideology | Conservatism Monarchism Conservative liberalism Libertarian conservatism Economic liberalism Fiscal conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
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The Real Politics Union (Polish: Unia Polityki Realnej), abbreviated to UPR, was a free market-emphasizing conservative political party in Poland. It was composed of conservatives, libertarians and monarchists. The party slogan was: "Freedom, Property, Justice".
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The Real Politics Union's programme included:
The UPR consistently enjoyed the support of approximately 1-2% of voters in general elections, and therefore did not receive public funding under Polish electoral law. As a consequence, it faced prolonged financial difficulties since its inception. In 1991 legislative election, the party won 3 seats.
UPR's candidates commenced their political campaign from the liberal-conservative organisation Janusz Korwin-Mikke's Platform ("Platforma Janusza Korwin-Mikke"). The PJKM did not manage to cross the required 5% threshold in the 2005 parliamentary elections (the party had the support of only 1.57% of voters).
In the most recent election, UPR's candidates campaigned in cooperation with the League of Polish Families but did not enter into a formal coalition.
The list on which both the UPR and the League appeared saw the UPR garnering 1.5% votes. This was insufficient to get any of their candidates into the Lower House ("Sejm") and therefore the UPR remained unable to obtain public funding.
A special colour variation of St George's Cross is used here as a traditional symbol of a struggle for principles. The colours of the flag represent: a struggle for allegiance (blue), virtue (white) and freedom (black).
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