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{{short description|Political party in Poland}}
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{{about|a political party in Poland|the political party in Russia with the same name in English|Civic Platform (Russia)}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Civic Platform of<br>the Republic of Poland
| native_name      = Platforma Obywatelska<br>Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
| native_name_lang = pl
| logo             = Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland logo.svg
| logo_size        = 250px
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| abbreviation     = PO
| chairman         = [[Donald Tusk]]
| leader2_title    = [[Polish Parliament|Parliamentary]] leader
| leader2_name     = [[Zbigniew Konwiński]]
| leader3_title    = Spokesperson
| leader3_name     = [[Jan Grabiec]]
| general_secretary = [[Marcin Kierwiński]]
| founders         = {{ubl|Donald Tusk|[[Andrzej Olechowski]]|[[Maciej Płażyński]]}}
| founded          = {{Start date and age|2001|01|24|df=y|br=y}}
| split            = {{ubl|[[Solidarity Electoral Action]]|[[Freedom Union (Poland)|Freedom Union]]|[[Conservative People's Party (Poland)|Conservative People's Party]]}}
| headquarters     = ul. Wiejska 12A, 00-490 [[Warsaw]]
| youth_wing       = 
| membership_year  = 2023
| membership       = 24,497<ref name="membership_2023">{{cite web |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/polska/polityka/pis-nie-jest-najwieksza-partia-w-polsce-liczy-sie-tylko-kartel-czterech |title=PiS nie jest największą partią w Polsce. "Liczy się tylko kartel czterech" |first=Piotr |last=Drabik |date=1 June 2023 |website=[[Radio ZET]] |language=pl |quote="O połowę mniej członków od PiS obecnie posiada Platforma Obywatelska (24 497)." |trans-quote="The Civic Platform currently has half as many members as PiS (24,497)."}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ublist
 | [[Liberal conservatism]]
 | [[Christian democracy]]
 | [[Pro-Europeanism]]
}}
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| european         = [[European People's Party]]
| national         = [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]]<br />[[Senate Pact 2023]] (for [[2023 Polish parliamentary election|2023 Senate election]])
| europarl         = [[European People's Party Group]]
| colours          = {{ubl|{{color box|#FAA14C|border=darkgray}} Orange|{{color box|#0A41A8|border=darkgray}} Blue}}
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| seats1_title     = [[Sejm]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate of Poland|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats4_title     = [[Voivodeship sejmik|Regional assemblies]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|210|552|hex={{party color|Civic Platform}}}}
| seats5_title     = City presidents
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|39|107|hex={{party color|Civic Platform}}}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Poland
}}
The '''Civic Platform''' ({{langx|pl|Platforma Obywatelska}}, '''PO''')<ref group=nb>The party is officially the '''Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland''' (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej'').</ref> is a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] [[liberal conservative]] [[political party in Poland]]. Since 2021, it has been led by [[Donald Tusk]], who previously led it from 2003 to 2014 and was [[President of the European Council]] from 2014 to 2019.

It was formed in 2001 by splinter factions from the [[Solidarity Electoral Action]], the [[Freedom Union (Poland)|Freedom Union]] and the [[Conservative People's Party (Poland)|Conservative People's Party]], and it later placed second in the [[2001 Polish parliamentary election]]. It remained at the opposition until the [[2007 Polish parliamentary election|2007 Polish parliamentary opposition]], when it overtook [[Law and Justice]], won 209 seats, and Tusk was elected as [[prime minister of Poland|Prime Minister of Poland]]. Following the [[Smolensk air disaster]] in 2010, [[Bronisław Komorowski]] served as acting [[president of Poland]] and later won the [[2010 Polish presidential election]]. Tusk continued to serve as prime minister and leader of Civic Platform until he resigned in 2014 to assume the post of the president of the European Council. The party was defeated in the [[2015 Polish parliamentary election|2015 Polish parliamentary]] and [[2015 Polish presidential election|presidential]] elections. It placed second in the [[2019 Polish parliamentary election]], and its [[2020 Polish presidential election]] candidate, [[Rafał Trzaskowski]], won 49% of the popular vote in the second round and lost the election to [[Andrzej Duda]].

Initially positioned as a [[Christian democratic]] party with strong [[economically liberal]] tendencies, it soon adopted [[liberal conservatism]] throughout the 2000s. During its time in power, it was aligned with more [[Realpolitik|pragmatic]] and [[centrist]] views, and was characterized as a [[catch-all party]]. In the 2010s, the Civic Platform adopted more [[Social liberalism|socially liberal]] policies, aligned itself with [[conservative liberalism]] and economic neoliberalism, and it has since been positioned in the centre-right. It has also strongly advocated for Poland's membership in the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. It is a member of the [[European People's Party]].

The party heads the [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]], which was founded in 2018. Since its creation, it has shown strong electoral performances in [[Warsaw]], the west, and the north of Poland. Since the 2000s, the Civic Platform has established itself as one of the [[Two-party system|dominant political parties]] in Poland.