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property therefore occupied an important role in the programme agendas of both parties. On the other hand, the PO highlighted the positive skills of Polish businessmen and entrepreneurs 155 . According to its programme, the only way to improve the state of the Polish economy was through supporting the business spirit of the Poles. Prawo i Sprawiedliwość also shared this attitude. 156 The only party to appeal openly to the animosity toward “others” was the LPR. According to its party programme, Polish politics should be liberated from “the dictate of Brussels and Berlin” 157 . As for the other parties, most of them took the opportunity to approach their voters through the media or party meetings. Therefore, the section dedicated to the media discourse is longer and richer than the one focusing on the party manifestos. Figure 3 – Election Results (2001) Parliamentary Chamber: Sejm Distribution of votes

Political Group

%

Left Democratic Alliance + Labor Union (SLD-UP)

41.04

Civic Platform

12.68

Self-Defence

10.20

Law and Justice (PiS)

9.50

Polish Peasant Party (PSL)

8.98

League of Polish Families (LPR) 7.87 Source: Inter-parliamentary Union, www.ipu.org.

(Program solidarizmu narodowego Ligi Polskich Rodzin). See also Inka Słodkowska (ed.) Wybory 2001.Partie i ich programy. (Warszawa: Instytut studiów politycznych PAN, 2002), p. 239. 155 Sources: Program. 2001 rok, Warszawa, January 2001. See also Inka Słodkowska (ed.) Wybory 2001.Partie i ich programy. (Warszawa: Instytut studiów politycznych PAN, 2002), pp. 174–175. 156 Sources: Prawo i Sprawodliwość: “Program Prawa i Sprawiedliwośći“. See Inka Słodkowska (ed.) Wybory 2001. Patie i ich programy. (Warszawa: Istytut Studiów Politycznych PAN, 2001), p. 90. 157 Sources: Liga Polskich Rodzin. Polsce – niepodleglość, Polakom – praca, chleb, mieszkania. (Program solidarizmu narodowego Ligi Polskich Rodzin). See also Inka Słodkowska (ed.) Wybory 2001.Partie i ich programy. (Warszawa: Instytut studiów politycznych PAN, 2002), p. 239.

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