Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Freedom Union (Poland)" in English language version.
The Freedom Union (Unia Wolnosci - UW) emerged as one of the strongest parties, defining itself ideologically as a centre-right party and presenting liberal views on both economic and social reforms.
AWS formed a coalition with the Freedom Union (UW). Both parties had their roots in the pre-1989 anticommunist movements, however, UW was also clearly neoliberal.
Officials from Solidarity Election Action, which won 201 seats in the 460-seat Sejm, or lower house of the National Assembly, and the center-right Freedom Union, which has 60 seats, say they see nearly eye-to-eye.
As for the political consequences, two parties of the coalition government, neither the neoliberal Freedom Union, UW, nor the populist Solidarity Election Action, AWS, were able in the election of 2001 to receive a minimum 5 percent of votes required to get to the parliament.
His main opponents among 17 other registered candidates were Aleksander KWAŚNIEWSKI of the SLD/SdRP, Jacek KUROŃ of the center-right Freedom Union (Unia Wolnósci—UW), and former prime ministers Olszewski and Pawlak.
