In brief

• Mateusz Morawiecki declared that Rozwój Plus will run in the elections independently.
• He rejected Jarosław Kaczyński's proposal for a joint list of PiS, Konfederacja and Konfederacja Korony Polskiej.
• According to Morawiecki, there is no longer a dominant leader on the Polish right, and Rozwój Plus wants to be an alternative to Tusk and Braun.

Response to Kaczyński's proposal

Mateusz Morawiecki, chairman of the Rozwój Plus Association, said on Friday during the 5th Poznań Economic Congress that his group does not intend to run on a joint list. Asked about PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński's postulate that the right run together with Konfederacja and Grzegorz Braun's Konfederacja Korony Polskiej, he replied that Rozwój Plus will go to the elections on its own (Twarda deklaracja Morawieckiego: Idziemy sami – RMF24) (Mateusz Morawiecki nie chce iść do wyborów z PiS. Zamierza być alternatywą dla dwóch partii – Onet) ("Idziemy sami". Mateusz Morawiecki deklaruje – Business Insider Polska) (Morawiecki odrzuca wspólną listę prawicy. „Idziemy do wyborów sami” – Bankier.pl).

An alternative to both camps

The former prime minister said that Rozwój Plus is meant to be an alternative both to Donald Tusk's government and to Grzegorz Braun. Responding to incentives from the PiS leadership to run together with Braun and Konfederacja, he said his group takes a different approach. The slogan he cited was: voters who want neither Tusk nor Braun should choose Rozwój Plus.

Morawiecki predicted that the number of voters unwilling to vote for either the Civic Coalition or Konfederacja Korony Polskiej will grow. He also believes the right no longer has a single dominant force, as it once did, and that Rozwój Plus could surprise with its parliamentary strength in future elections.

Position on the matter

In Poznań, Morawiecki stressed that the party is only now building recognition among voters, which is why running independently is, in his assessment, natural. The declaration comes at a time when discussion about a joint run on the right is ongoing ahead of the next parliamentary elections.