Editing Polish People's Party (section)

===Modern program===
The party's platform is strongly based on [[agrarianism]].<ref name="tomczak">{{cite book|title=Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe – trwały element polskiego parlamentu?|pages=129–155|first=Tomasz|last=Tomczak|publisher=DUET|year=2006}}</ref> On social and ethical issues, PSL is attached to more [[social conservatism|social conservative]] values,<ref name="gerber"/> as it opposes [[abortion]] (although it is against its criminalization, defending [[Abortion in Poland|the current abortion law in Poland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/poranna-rozmowa/news-kosiniak-kamysz-bez-glosow-na-trzecia-droge-nie-ma-szans-by-,nId,6853041#crp_state=1 |title=Kosiniak-Kamysz: Bez głosów na Trzecią Drogę nie ma szans, by odsunąć PiS od władzy|website=rmf24.pl|language=pl}}</ref>), legalisation of [[same-sex marriage]], [[euthanasia]], [[death penalty]],<ref name="kasper">{{Cite web|url=https://www.niedziela.pl/artykul/18589/Komitety-a-kwestie-swiatopogladowe|title=WYBORY 2015 - Komitety a kwestie światopoglądowe|website=niedziela.pl|language=pl|access-date=2015-10-19}}</ref> and soft drug decriminalisation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/551819,po-pis-psl-przeciwko-legalizacji-marihuany.html|title=PO, PiS, PSL przeciwko legalizacji marihuany
|website=gazetaprawna.pl|language=pl|access-date=2011-09-21}}</ref> The party is in favour of maintaining [[Religious education|religion lessons]] in public education.<ref name="kasper"/> In 2019, the party adopted (as part of an agreement with [[Kukiz'15]]) in the party's platform [[direct democracy]]'s postulates, including introducing [[single-member district]]s, [[electronic voting]] and obligatory [[referendum]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psl.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PROGRAM_PSL_2019.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.psl.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PROGRAM_PSL_2019.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Program polityczny PSL - 2019|website=psl.pl|language=pl}}</ref>

Despite its formerly socialist alignment, the party embraced economic liberalism ever since it entered a coalition with the Civic Platform. The PSL supported economic policies such as increasing the retirement age, privatization of state-owned enterprises, as well as implementing deregulation in order to secure funds from the European Union.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wnp.pl/parlamentarny/wydarzenia/pis-koalicja-polska-psl-jest-jest-kompletnie-niewiarygodna,39711.html |title=PiS: Koalicja Polska PSL jest jest kompletnie niewiarygodna |date=2 June 2019 |language=pl |website=wnp.pl}}</ref> Nowadays, the party is considered economically liberal and oriented towards the free market, aligning with the parties such as Civic Platform, [[Poland 2050]] and [[Modern (political party)|Modern]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art38765871-sondaz-na-ktora-partie-powinni-glosowac-wolnorynkowi-wyborcy-ko-przed-pis |title=Sondaż: Na którą partię powinni głosować wolnorynkowi wyborcy? KO przed PiS |date=23 July 2023 |website=rp.pl |language=pl}}</ref> As part of the Third Way, PSL adopted a neoliberal-conservative program, promoting low taxes, market solutions to the housing crisis and climate change, as well as increased role of the private sector in Polish economy and publis services.<ref name="leftr">{{cite web |url=https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-polish-continuum |title=The Polish Continuum |first=Gavin |last=Rae |date=20 October 2023 |website=New Left Review}}</ref>

Moreover, during the leadership of [[Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz|Kosiniak-Kamysz]], who took over after 2015 elections, PSL has visibly started leaning towards [[economic liberalism]] in order to gain voters in bigger cities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2146104,1,psl-i-agrounia-kto-moze-wygrac-z-pis-na-wsi.read|title=PSL i AgroUnia. Kto może wygrać z PiS na wsi?
|website=polityka.pl|date=4 December 2021
|language=pl|access-date=2021-12-04}}</ref> Kosiniak-Kamysz himself has described party's ideology as "[[Centrism|moderately centrist]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/1443113,kosiniak-kamysz-umiarkowane-centrum-lewicowa-platforma.html|title=Kosiniak-Kamysz: "Umiarkowane centrum" to my. Platforma wybrała skręt w lewo
|website=gazetaprawna.pl|date=5 December 2019
|language=pl|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/kraj/artykuly/8144050,chadecja-polska-kosiniak-kamysz-umiarkowane-centrum.html|title=Kosiniak-Kamysz: Chadecja Polska to długofalowy projekt
|website=gazetaprawna.pl|date=16 April 2021
|language=pl|access-date=2021-04-16}}</ref> and [[Christian democracy|Christian democratic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Piechocinski/status/958279404148412416|title=Janusz Piechociński on Twitter: "Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz : Jesteśmy partią o charakterze centrowym, partią chadecką..."
|website=twitter.com|language=pl|access-date=2016-01-30}}</ref> After most of the party's MPs voted against a law softening abortion law in Poland in 2024,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.termedia.pl/mz/Glosowanie-w-sprawie-depenalizacji-aborcji-wyniki-,57104.html|title=Głosowanie w sprawie depenalizacji aborcji – wyniki|website=termedia.pl|language=pl|access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-parliament-rejects-bill-seeking-ease-strict-abortion-law-2024-07-12/|title=Polish parliament rejects bill seeking to ease strict abortion law|website=reuters.com|language=en|access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref> PSL began to visibly present itself as the conservative wing of [[Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk|a ruling coalition under the premiership of Donald Tusk]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40842321-michal-szuldrzynski-kosiniak-kamysz-nie-chce-byc-wasalem-tuska-wiec-walczy-o-tozsamosc-koalicji|title=Michał Szułdrzyński: Kosiniak-Kamysz nie chce być wasalem Tuska, więc walczy o tożsamość koalicji|website=rp.pl|language=pl|access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref> which caused criticism from [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] politicians and activists, such as [[Marta Lempart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wprost.pl/opinie-i-komentarze/11763219/marta-lempart-zaatakowala-kosiniaka-kamysza-wpadla-na-zaskakujacy-pomysl.html|title=Lempart nie odpuszcza Hołowni i Kosiniakowi-Kamyszowi. "Katolicy, rozwodnicy, hipokryci"|website=wprost.pl|language=pl|access-date=2024-07-25}}</ref> Polish political scientist [[:pl:Rafał Chwedoruk|Rafał Chwedoruk]] noted that by 2024, the party has become the most right-wing in its party history, even more than it was when it entered a government with right-wing nationalists in the 1920s.<ref name="chwedoruk"/> Similarly, [[:pl:Zuzanna Dąbrowska|Zuzanna Dąbrowska]] argues that the PSL has become increasingly supportive of cooperation with other right-wing parties.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40820191-zuzanna-dabrowska-psl-u-mile-miejsce-po-prawej-od-wejscia-do-sejmu |title=Zuzanna Dąbrowska: PSL-u miłe miejsce, po prawej od wejścia do Sejmu |date=17 July 2024 |language=pl |author-link=:pl:Zuzanna Dąbrowska |first=Zuzanna |last=Dąbrowska |website=[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]}}</ref>

Under the leadership of Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Polish People's Party abandoned its historical tradition of agrarianism; Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed that the Polish People's Party should be 'universal' rather than agrarian, and oversaw shifts in the party's program towards economic liberalism and positions that are attractive to urban voters. The party's historically left-wing stances were appropriated by a minor party [[AGROunia]] instead.<ref name="polityka_s"/> After the creation of the Third Way together with Poland 2050, political scientists noted that the Polish People's Party no longer refers to agrarianism in its program, its economic postulates are pro-business and oriented towards small and middle-sized companies, and the party has abandoned the agrarian tradition in favor of a non-ideological, big tent appeal.<ref name="zloty"/>