'Centre' was seen to be likely, referring to the Centre Agreement that the Kaczyńskis led before founding Law and Justice as well as reflecting its more centrist position. On 18 January 2011, senator Jacek Swakoń, formerly of Civic Platform, joined PJN as its first senator and its first parliamentary defector other than from PiS. On 27 January 2011, the PJN's Michał Kamiński announced he would be stepping down as chairman of the ECR group, effective 8 March, citing conflict with the remaining PiS members. On 1 February, Zbigniew Wojciechowski, a recent defector from Civic Platform, replaced Janusz Palikot in the Sejm, taking the party's numbers to 18. Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska stated in February 2011 that she was thinking of offering Civic Platform a coalition deal after the election due in October. However, before the election, Kluzik-Rostkowska left the party for Civic Platform. Co-founder Adam Bielan MEP also left the PJN to sit as an independent, eventually joining Jarosław Gowin's new Poland Together party, whilst remaining within the ECR Group in the EU Parliament alongside the PiS MEPs. At the October 2011 election, the party performed poorly, coming sixth in the Sejm vote with 2.2%. This being below the 5% threshold, the party failed to hold or win any seats in the Sejm. The party also failed to hold or win any seats in the Senate. Ideology The party was formed from PiS's liberal faction. Kluzik has said the party is inspired by the centrism of David Cameron, leader of the British Conservatives. The core of the party is based around the 'Museumite' faction, connected to the Warsaw Uprising Museum, of which the PJN's Jan Ołdakowski is the director. The party has criticised the slow pace of economic liberalisation by the Civic Platform government, challenging both Donald Tusk's frequent distractions from economic issues and Law and Justice's dirigisme. The party aims to reform the labour market, accelerate privatisation, introduce a 19% flat tax, and equalise the retirement age between men and women. PJN seeed to increase public participation within politics, public scrutiny of government, transparency in governance, and encourage local self-government. It strongly advocated diversification of Poland's energy, especially in regards to domestic production of shale-locked natural gas. PJN was also a firm supporter of Ukrainian integration into the European Union. Former elected representatives Members of the Sejm Before the October 2011 elections, the party had eighteen members of the Sejm. Lena