Partie polityczne i społeczeństwo w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2004 roku
Polish political parties and society before 2004 European Parliament election

Summary/Abstract: In 2004 before the election to the European Parliament social democratic and liberal parties were expected to succeed. These parties cooperated with Socialist International (SI); Party of European Socialists (PES); Party of European Liberals, Democrats and Reformers (ELDR). Polish political scene did also change. Number of rightist and central parties’ supporters increased. Around 1900 candidates, among them those who were against the accession and their programmes made the PE election kind of the test before the national ones (parliamentary and national). Election campaign was short, boring and did not seem to be the first PE campaign. Attendance around 20,78 and was much more shorter than in referendum (2003). Platforma Obywatelska gained fifteen seats in European Parliament, four seats won liberal Unia Wolności. Social Democratic parties lost a lot of supporters- Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, Unia Pracy and Socjaldemokracja Polska gained together eight seats. Radical national rightists, centre and populists attained twenty seven seats among all Polish fifty four.

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