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Confederation of the Polish Crown
Konfederacja Korony Polskiej
ChairmanGrzegorz Braun
Vice-chairmanRoman Fritz
Włodzimierz Skalik
General SecretaryJan Krysiak
Founded7 September 2019
HeadquartersCzęstochowa
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[3]
ReligionRoman Catholicism
National affiliationConfederation Liberty and Independence (until 2025)
Colors
  •   Gold
  •   Red
SloganAd maiorem Dei gloriam
('For the greater glory of God')
Sejm
3 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 53
Regional assemblies
0 / 552
Website
konfederacjakoronypolskiej.pl

The Confederation of the Polish Crown (Polish: Konfederacja Korony Polskiej, KKP), often shortened to The Crown (Korona), is a far-right[3] political party in Poland. The party was founded by Grzegorz Braun as a personal political vehicle. As such, the party and its views largely stem from Braun's own personal positions.[4]

It has been described as nationalist and traditionalist,[5] and the party advocates for Jesus Christ to be "enthroned" as the "King" of Poland.[6] The party's goals are to "fight for the good of Poland, secure the sovereignty of the Polish State, defend Poland's Catholic faith, ensure that Polish families are prosperous, and help shape social life based on the principles of Latin civilization."[7]

History

Main article: Grzegorz Braun

Formation (2019–2022)

The origin of Korona can be traced to an organization Braun founded in 2015 called Pobudka (lit. wake up call). A network of Braun's supporters across 41 constituencies, Braun would formally transform his base into KKP in time for the 2019 Sejm elections where he would win Constituency no. 23 in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship.[8][9] The party's founding congress would be held on 7 September, 2019, where Braun had one of his supporters, Włodzimierz Skalik, installed as the party's vice president (with Braun being president) and general secretary.[2] The party would be officially registered by Polish courts on 24 January, 2020.[10]

At its formation, the party had been in a coalition with KORWiN, later known as New Hope, and the National Movement called Confederation.[11]

Braun was the Korona candidate in the 2020 Confederation presidential primary.[12] He lost to Krzysztof Bosak during the final round of voting and then immediately endorsed his candidacy.[13]

Braun has been described as a far-right politician,[14][15] anti-vaccination activist,[16] and antisemite.[17]

Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–2025)

Braun is often accused of pro-Russian rhetoric.[18] In June 2022, Braun and few other members of the party co-signed a pro-Russian declaration stating that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a consequence of NATO enlargement, as well as Ukrainian language laws that "discriminated against the Russian minority". The party called for an end to the war through the conclusion of a "compromise between Russia and Ukraine".[19] Then in September 2022, Braun participated in an anti-Ukrainian protest, in which he made the following statement: "Stop the Ukrainianisation of Poland. Stop the de-Polonisation of Poland. It is about making Poland Polish". This statement was later aired by the state-owned Russian television channel Russia-1. In response to backlash, the party doubled down on Braun's statement; Jacek Ćwięka, the personal assistant of Grzegorz Braun, stated: "And this is the success of our action, which the leftists and liberals can only envy us! There is nothing else left for them".[20]

Expulsion from Confederation (2025–present)

Braun would again seek the Confederation nomination in the 2025 Presidental elections, however, instead of a US-styled primary which the coalition had run in 2019 to determine its candidate, the Council of Leaders (which Braun is a member of) chose to nominate Sławomir Mentzen from New Hope even though Braun had support from Janusz Korwin-Mikke.[21] Despite this Braun would push ahead with his own candidacy stating "I will be a candidate in this election, with God and human help."[21] Due to his rejection of a ruling from the leadership council the internal coalition court would vote in favor of expelling Braun and Korona from Confederation entirely on 17 January, 2025.[21] Braun, who didn't attend the ruling, refused to appeal.[21]

During the campaign, Braun and KKP would poll consistently at ~3-4%, however, would outperform these polls on election day, earning 6.34% of the electorate or 1,242,917 votes. This, combined with Mentzen and Confederation also outperforming polls surprised many because if all Confederation and KKP voters vote for the Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki, he would win the second round with 50.69% of the vote.[22]

Views

Monarchism

Main article: Monarchism in Poland § Enthronement movement

Despite the party's name, Korona does not seek the restoration of the Kingdom of Poland or any royal dynasty and is therefore not a monarchist political party. Instead the party seeks to "enthrone Christ as King of Poland" as part of the so-called "enthronement movement" which was established by Polish Americans in Chicago which financed "Radio of Christ the King" as the movement's main organ which Braun appears on and the party regularity collaborates with. The network has been heavily criticized for allowing known pedophiles on the air including Piotr Glas. In 2012 the Polish Episcopal Conference rebuffed the movement, saying "thinking that it is enough to call Christ the King of Poland, and everything will change for the better, must be considered illusory, even harmful to the understanding and realization of Christ’s salvation in the world." However, the party had been trying to get Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga to break ranks from the conference and perform an enthronement ceremony himself but he resigned from his position after an internal church investigation into mismanagement in 2024.[6]

Catholicism

Catholicism has been a key part of the party and Braun's own personal ideology, despite being denounced by the Catholic Church in Poland.[6] Braun states that he emphasizes the Catholic aspect of his ideology because there are too many "pagans" that submit to "tribal chauvinism" among the other nationalist and libertarian circles.[2] Braun also stated that personal freedom, liberty, and the concept of nations as a whole would've been impossible without the Catholic church and Latin civilization.[2]

Freemasonry

In the party's charter, Freemasons are forbidden from joining.[2]

Election results

Presidential

Election year Candidate 1st round 2nd round
No. of overall votes % of overall vote No. of overall votes % of overall vote
2020 Supported Krzysztof Bosak 1,317,380 6.78% (#4)
2025 Grzegorz Braun 1,238,462 6.35 (#4)

Sejm

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2019 Grzegorz Braun 31,148 0.17% (#16)
1 / 460
 New PiS
As part of the Confederation coalition, that won 11 seats in total.
2023 Grzegorz Braun 182,573 0.85% (#14)
3 / 460
 Increase 2 KO–PL2050–KP–NL
As part of the Confederation coalition, that won 18 seats in total.

Senate

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
2019 144,124 0.79% (#6)
0 / 100
 – KO–KP–SLD
As part of the Confederation coalition, that didn't win any seat.
2023 1,443,836 6.75% (#6)
0 / 100
 Steady KO–PL2050–KP–NL–LR
As part of the Confederation coalition, that didn't win any seat.

European Parliament

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2019 Grzegorz Braun 621,188 4.55% (#4)
0 / 52
 New –
As part of the Confederation coalition, that didn't win any seat.
2024 Grzegorz Braun 1,420,287 12.08% (#3)
1 / 53
 Increase 1 NI
As part of the Confederation coalition, that won 6 seats in total.

Regional assemblies

Election year Votes % Seats Change
2024 1,042,328 7.23% (#4)
0 / 552
 Steady
As part of coalition with Confederation, Agreement and Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy which won 6 seats in total.

Internal

Year Election type Affiliation Final Candidate Number of initial candidates Number of rounds Final round
Electoral vote Percentage
2019-20 American-style presidential primary KKP Braun 9 1x 16 regional preliminaries
7x convention elimination 		146 46.5%

References

  1. ^ "Ukraine features prominently as far-right Poles stage Independence Day march". Times of Israel. 12 November 2022. Some activists from a small ultra-nationalist party, the Confederation of the Polish Crown
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  3. ^ a b Anna Mierzyńska (11 September 2020). "Nosisz maseczkę? "Jesteś jak potulny Żyd w 1939". Skrajna prawica organizuje bunt przeciwko pandemii". oko.press (in Polish). Polska skrajna prawica, zwłaszcza ugrupowanie Brauna Konfederacja Korony Polskiej (będąca częścią Konfederacji), buduje właśnie swój polityczny kapitał na negatywnych emocjach społecznych, związanych z epidemią koronawirusa: lękach, frustracji, zmęczeniu, braku poczucia bezpieczeństwa. [The Polish far right, especially Braun's party Confederation of the Polish Crown (which is part of the Confederation), is precisely building its political capital on the negative social emotions associated with the coronavirus epidemic: fears, frustration, fatigue, insecurity.]
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  12. ^ Braun, Grzegorz [@GrzegorzBraun_] (2019-11-18). "Szczęść Boże, zdecydowałem się kandydować w prawyborach @KONFEDERACJA_ na urząd Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" (Tweet) (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-01-04 – via Twitter.
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