village of Jedwabne in July 2001, of bowing to Jewish interest groups. Soon after the election in 2001 a group of deputies separated from LPR, creating a new party known now as Polish Agreement led by Jan Łopuszański and Catholic-National Movement (Ruch Katolicko-Narodowy) led by Antoni Macierewicz. In the 2004 elections to the European Parliament LPR received 15,2% votes, which gave it 10 out of 54 seats reserved for Poland in the European Parliament. This made the LPR the second largest party in Poland in that election, second only to the liberal conservative Civic Platform (PO), and well ahead of the then ruling post-communist Democratic Left Alliance, the populist Samoobrona and the conservative Law and Justice (PiS). However, overall turnout of that election was less than 20% of eligible voters. Thus, the long-term significance of the LPR's strong performance in that election is unclear. In the 2005 elections LPR again received 8% of votes, but saw its seats reduced from 38 to 34. However, it gained five seats in the Senate, taking it up to 7. In the 2007 Parliamentary election it failed to gain the 5% of votes required to enter the Sejm and lost all its seats, in addition to failing meeting the 3% of votes requirement for eligibility to receive government funding. The leader of the party, Roman Giertych, has stepped down from his post as the party's leader, but remains a member. Some present or former members of LPR (including Janusz Dobrosz) and five of its MEPs moved to Forward Poland in 2008/9. In the 2010s, the party became more moderate and changed its attitude towards the European Union. In parliamentary and presidential elections it usually supports the candidates of the Civic Platform or the Polish People's Party. In 2019, LPR declared its accession to the European Coalition. Roman Giertych is an active supporter of polish opposition and Committee for the Defence of Democracy. He also cooperates with Civic Platform and Poland 2050. There is a significant group of former party's politicians (e.g. Krzysztof Bosak), who are members of National Movement, which is a part of Confederation. All-Polish Youth is also part ot this coalition. Ideology The party was described as belonging to the populist current in European politics, that juxtaposes the 'simple man' and the 'corrupt elite'. The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics described the party as clerical-nationalist, the party's agenda combining conservative