Poland: Morawiecki leaves PiS and founds new parliamentary group

The move is yet another development in the recent schism within PiS, which could reduce the party’s presence in Parliament by more than 20% of MPs.

“Together with 40 deputies and one senator, we have decided to establish a parliamentary group,” Morawiecki said at a press conference, adding that it will serve as a political forum for his ‘Development Plus’ faction.

“We want to lead the attack on Donald Tusk’s terrible government”Morawiecki said. “As a parliamentary group we want to draw the attention of Poles to the kind of mistakes, irregularities and scams committed by this government and the development opportunities it has missed,” he added.

PiS spokesman Rafal Bochenek announced last night that the party’s political committee had officially approved the list of people who did not respect an internal party ultimatum to cut ties with external political groups.

Bochenek said their case has been forwarded to the party’s disciplinary officer for review.

Despite previous announcements by the PiS leadership, these people they were not formally expelled from the party’s ranks.

Morawiecki founded the Development Plus group in April 2026 with the aim of attracting younger, more moderate voters. However, the PiS leadership considered the group an internal threat. Morawiecki has since confirmed that his faction it included 40 deputies, one senator and three MEPs in the European Parliament.