Polska 2050 sets 2 December vote for new leader as Paweł Śliz signals bid

Calendar set for 2 December vote

The national council of Polska 2050 adopted an election calendar for choosing a new party chair on Saturday, 14 November 2026, at a session in Warsaw. Members will cast their votes on 2 December, and the ballot will be held remotely. Łukasz Osmalak, an MP for the party, spoke to PAP after the session. Under the party statute, any candidate must win the backing of 10% of ordinary members, meaning those entitled to vote. Osmalak put that at about 70 signatures, so anyone who gathers them can stand, and the deadline for filing candidacies falls in late November.

“From a formal point of view, the most important thing was that we voted through our election calendar for the election of the party chair.”

Candidates and open questions

Paweł Śliz, first deputy chair of the Polska 2050 club, has said he is ready to stand. Asked by PAP whether he plans to run, he answered without ruling it out. Osmalak has said he will back Śliz, a bid that party members had already expected in earlier conversations with PAP. Acting leader Ewa Schädler has not yet decided whether to enter the race, and she told PAP she will announce a decision soon.

“I think I will take up this challenge.”

Upheaval behind the vote

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz announced in the second half of October that she was giving up the party leadership and her post as minister of funds and regional policy. She did not file a formal resignation as party chair, so the party board voted to remove her from the party, citing among other things conduct harmful to the party. Her departure left the party without a permanent leader since October. Ewa Schädler took over the acting leadership after that departure. The calendar now sets the route to a permanent successor, and candidates must clear the signature requirement before the vote.

Key dates and next steps

The sequence runs from the October resignation to the 2 December ballot, with the calendar adopted on 14 November in between. Candidacies are due in late November, and any candidate needs the signature threshold. Ewa Schädler's decision is the remaining open question among the leadership figures. The party's social media account marked the calendar with a photo of former Sejm marshal Szymon Hołownia smiling, under a message that the ride had been a little bumpy but the ship was intact.

Poll standing

Polska 2050 polled 1.59% in a Super Express survey and 0.8% in a Wirtualna Polska poll. Both results sit far below the 5% electoral threshold. The party is part of the governing coalition, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, 12 November, that coalition partners were struggling to clear that threshold. The incoming chair will therefore take over at a very difficult moment for the party.

Super Express poll1.59%

Wirtualna Polska poll0.8%

Super Express poll

1.59 %

Wirtualna Polska poll

0.8 %

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