The Polish People's Party – Peasants' Agreement (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe – Porozumienie Ludowe, PSL-PL), commonly known simply as Peasants' Agreement (PL), was an agrarian and Christian-democraticpolitical party in Poland.[1]
History
The party originated from the People's Agreement, an electoral list consisting mainly of Rural Solidarity (RS) and two dissident groups of the Polish People's Party (PSL), the so-called "Polish People's Party (Mikołajczyk)" and the "Polish People's Party (Wilanów)".
The PL was formally established in March 1992, under the leadership of Janowski, who retained his job as Minister of Agriculture also in the government led by Hanna Suchocka, which included also PL's Zygmunt Hortmanowicz as Minister of the Environment and Jerzy Kamiński as a minister without portfolio.[3] The dismissal of Janowski from the government in April 1993 led to the formal departure of the PL from the coalition, however during the no-confidence vote, only individual members of this party spoke against the government.
Due to several splits and internal disagreements, the 1993 parliamentary election saw the party's vote share fall to 2.4%. As it had failed to pass the 5% electoral threshold, it lost all its parliamentary representation. Following the election, the party disintegrated,[3] although it was part of Solidarity Electoral Action in the 1997 parliamentary election[4] and won three seats in the Sejm (including one for Janowski) and one in the Senate. In January 1999, during a congress, the party decided to merge into the Social Movement.
