page_title: Robert Biedroń
section_title: Leadership of Spring (2019–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Biedroń / Leadership of Spring (2019–present)
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Robert Biedroń - konwencja wyborcza partii Wiosna, Kielce, Targi Kielce, 19.02.2019 r.
context_page_description: Robert Biedroń is a Polish politician, former mayor of Słupsk, and LGBT activist.
  He was a member of the Sejm during its 7th session. He's also a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. He was mayor of Słupsk from 2014 to 2018.
  He launched a new political party called Spring in February 2019, and was elected a Member of the European Parliament on his party's list on 26 May 2019. He is one of the three leaders of The Left, a political alliance founded to contest the 2019 parliamentary election composed of the Democratic Left Alliance, Spring and the Left Together.
  He was a candidate for president in 2020 election.
context_section_description: On 4 September 2018, Biedroń launched what he termed a "pro-democratic" political movement aimed at challenging the ruling Law and Justice party. He then launched the “Brainstormings with Biedroń”, a series of events aimed at discussing about the future of Poland. Each “Brainstorming” was conducted by Biedroń and attracted hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people.
  In December, he announced the first goals of his yet unnamed party: shutting down all coal mines in Poland by 2035, improving the health care system and ending state subsidies to the church.
  In February 2019, Biedroń founded a new political party called Spring (Polish: Wiosna), He intends to build an alternative to the conservative Law and Justice vs. liberal Civic Platform political duopoly. Spring won 6,1% of the votes in the European elections and Robert Biedroń was elected a Member of the European Parliament on his party's list on 26 May 2019.
  Before the parliamentary election in October 2019, he co-founded The Left (Lewica), a political alliance composed of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Spring and the Left Together (Lewica Razem). He is one of The Left's three leaders. In January 2020 Robert Biedron was chosen by this alliance as the candidate or the left for the 2020 présidential election. The election was planned for May 10, 2020, but was postponed.
caption: Robert Biedroń during the Spring party election convention, 2019
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