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Quick facts for kids Civic Platform
Leader	Grzegorz Schetyna
Founded	24 January 2001 (24 January 2001)
Split from	Solidarity Electoral Action, Freedom Union
Ideology	Conservative liberalism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right

Civic Platform (Polish: Platforma Obywatelska) is a political party in Poland. It is currently the second largest political party in Poland.

The party gets a lot of its support from the north and west of Poland.

Some famous Civic Platform politicians include Donald Tusk, Jerzy Buzek, Ewa Kopacz, Bronisław Komorowski and Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.

Beliefs

The party supports the European Union.

The party is against same-sex marriage, abortion, euthanasia, fetal stem cell research and the removal of religious symbols from schools.

Images for kids

Bronisław Komorowski former President of Poland
Ewa Kopacz former Prime Minister of Poland
Donald Tusk former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Council, leader of European People's Party
Jerzy Buzek former President of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Poland
Grzegorz Schetyna former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bogdan Borusewicz former Marshal of the Senate
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz former Mayor of Warsaw

See also

In Spanish: Plataforma Cívica para niños

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