It’s boiling in the left. The former volleyball star joined the MPs’ dispute

The decision to leave the Left Club was announced during a press conference immediately after the Razem Party congress, which took place on Sunday. The group’s representative, Marta Stożek, announced then that the Razem Party had decided to leave the Left Club and create its own group. – In the coming week, we will submit an application to create this group so that we can appear independently as the Razem Party at the first November meeting – said Stożek.

Matysiak vs. Żukowska. Możdżonek on the dispute in the ranks of the left

According to Razem representatives, the decision was dictated by the lack of real influence on the implementation of left-wing demands in the policy pursued by the government of Donald Tusk and the New Left party.

Shortly afterwards, on website X, Prime Minister Donald Tusk ironically commented on the names of Polish parties, including “Law and Justice” and “Razem”, suggesting that these were names full of “black humor”.

A response to his entry quickly came from MP Paulina Matysiak from the Razem Party, who wrote: “And the name Civic Platform doesn’t amuse you? Weird”. Matysiak’s comment received significantly more likes than Tusk’s post, which signaled strong support for her criticism and underlined the strength of her social media presence.

A strong pin was driven into Żukowska

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Żukowska commented ironically on the popularity of Matysiak’s post, suggesting that for some politicians, popularity on social media platforms is key, rather than actual political work.

Matysiak did not remain indebted and replied: “For some people, it’s supposed to be a delivery service. It’s a pity that they take their activists to public positions,” which is a clear insult that can be interpreted as an accusation against the New Left for placing its people in public positions instead of focusing on the implementation of actual leftist demands. Her response again garnered more positive reactions than Żukowska’s comment.

The entire exchange was summed up bluntly by PiS politician Radosław Fogiel, who added: “The beast from Kutno has no mercy,” referring to the popular meme about Matysiak.

The former Polish volleyball representative, Marcin Możdżonek, also commented on the comments of both MPs, jokingly commenting on the whole situation with the words: “I didn’t do anything about such a wimp XDDD.”

The decision of the Razem Party to leave the Left Club shows how deep the differences in strategy and approach to politics exist within the Polish left. Matysiak has repeatedly emphasized that the Razem Party is clearly moving to the opposition, but does not intend to support either PiS or Konfederacja.

For the Razem Party, cooperation with the New Left, which currently has a share in the government, turned out to be ineffective in the context of implementing the leftist program that was to be achieved in the coalition. Razem activists point out that the New Left did not demonstrate the ability to fight for the postulated achievements of the Razem Party, which led to taking steps to appear on the political scene independently.