The Polish Labour Party - August 80 ''(, PPP)'' was a minor
left-wing
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to
far-left
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political party
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in
Poland
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, describing itself as
socialist
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. It was created on 11 November 2001 as the Alternative – Labour Party () and acquired its new name of Polish Labour Party ''()'' in 2004, before adding the suffix -August 80 ''()'' on 20 November 2009. The party was affiliated with the .
Positions
The party was opposed to privatisation of state assets resulting from the post-
communist
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reforms of the 1990s and supported increased state expenditure. It was opposed to Polish involvement in the
European Union
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and supported increased cooperation with Poland's
eastern neighbours, free education and health care, free (state funded)
contraception
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and
abortion
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s, recognition of same-sex
civil union
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s, the withdrawal of Polish troops from
Iraq
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, the elimination of conscription and the introduction of a professional military, and the introduction of a 35-hour working week. It opposed the introduction of a
flat tax
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and the introduction of
capital punishment
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. The PPP also advocated a withdrawal from the
concordat
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between the Polish state and the Catholic Church.
History
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The Party's candidate in the 2005 Polish presidential election, Daniel Podrzycki, died in a car accident on September 24, 2005, one day prior to the 2005 Polish parliamentary election, parliamentary elections. The party achieved 91,266 votes or 0.77% in the 2005 elections, In the
. The alliance received 7.6% of the vote in the
below the 8% electoral threshold leaving it with no parliamentary representation.