In brief

• Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz left the government and Polska 2050 after a failed Sejm vote on two-term limits.
• Adrian Zandberg said no talks on a joint run with Razem have taken place.
• Polska 2050 expelled her, and she responded by criticising party leader Szymon Hołownia.

Break with Polska 2050

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz announced on Thursday evening, 23 October, that she was leaving the government as minister of funds and regional policy and stepping down as leader of Polska 2050 (Pełczyńska-Nałęcz i Razem wspólnie pójdą do wyborów? Zandberg o współpracy z byłą szefową Polski2050 – Dziennik.pl). She said the decision followed a vote in the Sejm on abolishing two-term limits for local government heads, which failed to pass even though some Polska 2050 deputies and members of KO and PSL had backed it. Her party's management board later removed her from Polska 2050, citing conduct that it said harmed the party and went against its statutory bodies (Pełczyńska-Nałęcz usunięta z partii Polska 2050. "Działanie na szkodę partii" – wyborcza.pl) (Pełczyńska-Nałęcz wygnana z Polski 2025. Hołownia podał powody – Dziennik.pl).

Zandberg's comments

Asked about future cooperation, Zandberg said no such talks had taken place. He argued that Pełczyńska-Nałęcz did not have backing even within her own parliamentary group.

Speculation on her next move

Marcin Horała, deputy speaker of the Sejm and a Rozwój Plus MP, did not rule out talks with Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, though he said he found such a move hard to imagine. He suggested the minister had been in conflict with other parts of the government or with the prime minister (Pełczyńska-Nałęcz w partii Morawieckiego? Rozwój Plus nastawiony na współpracę bardziej niż na konflikt – Dziennik.pl). Commentators have also begun discussing who might replace her as Polska 2050 leader (Krajobraz po rezygnacji Pełczyńskiej-Nałęcz. W Polsce 2050 ruszyła giełda nazwisk ewentualnych następców – wiadomosci.gazeta.pl).

Her response

In a late-night post on Saturday, Pełczyńska-Nałęcz criticised party chairman Szymon Hołownia, saying the expulsion meant she was being sent into exile (Pełczyńska-Nałęcz zabrała głos po wyrzuceniu z Polski 2050. "Kierownik i tak nie doceni" – Dziennik.pl).