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Unia Polityki Realnej
Leader	Wojciech Popiela
Founded	6 December 1990
Headquarters	ul. Nowy Świat 41, 00-042 Warsaw
Official ideology/ political position	Liberal conservatism, Libertarianism, Monarchism
International affiliation	none
Website	www.upr.org.pl

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The Real Politics Union (Unia Polityki Realnej, UPR) is a free market-emphasizing liberal conservative political party in Poland. It is composed of Conservatives, Libertarians and Monarchists. The party slogan is: "Freedom, Property, Justice".

The Real Politics Union's program includes:

• It generally favors reduced government spending, tax cuts and a flexible labour market.
• Minimal government bureaucracy.
• Protection of property rights.
• The party wants waiver of income tax collection.
• Promotion of privatization and reprivatization.
• Demonopolization
• Decentralization
• Deregulation
• Decommunization
• It postulate a strongly lustration in Poland.
• It postulates a return of capital punishment for murderers.
• It wants to end conscription and to introduce a voluntary army.
• Private health care and voluntary education.
• The party is pro-life and thus opposes euthanasia and abortion.
• It is against Same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption.
• Support for NATO and NAFTA.
• Opposition to EU.

• Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1990-1997)
• Stanisław Michalkiewicz (1997-1999)
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1999-2003)
• Stanisław Wojtera (2003-2005)
• Jacek Boroń (2005)
• Wojciech Popiela (2005-...)

The party doesn't take public money (other parties take it from budget) because of not getting more than 3% votes in election. and it has financial problems. It consistently enjoys in elections the support of approximately 1-2% of voters. UPR's candidates were starting from a new conservative-liberal organisation Janusz Korwin-Mikke's Platform (Platforma Janusza Korwin-Mikke). PJKM didn't manage to cross the required 5% threshold in the 2005 parliamentary elections. The party had the support of 1.57% of voters. In last election UPR's candidates started from lists o League of Polish Families but with no coalition. List got about 1,5% votes and didn't get to Sejm (Polish Parliament) and will still not get any donations.

A special colour variation of St George's Cross is used here as a traditional symbol of a struggle for principles. The colours of the flag represent: a struggle for allegiance (blue), virtue (white) and freedom (black).

• Official website
• UPR Wiki
• thank YouTube one of a few TV spots showing UPR state policy (in Polish)
• UPR TV (in Polish)

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