Polish Reason of State

Polish Reason of State (Polish: Polska Racja Stanu, PSR) was a minor Polish political party that was active between 2003 and 2005, with a parliamentary circle in the 4th Sejm that functioned between 2003 and 2004. Founded in September 2003 by former members of the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP), the party was registered in late 2004 and was composed of four Samoobrona MPs that were expelled from the party on 23 July 2003. It was later joined by two former Samoobrona members that left the party prior to 2003.

The party pledged to continue the political program and platform of Samoobrona, which it accused of going against its own proposals and ideology. Polish Reason of State presented itself as a trustworthy and accountable alternative to Samoobrona, and required its members to have political experience. It sought to form a coalition with any of the major parties willing to take an agrarian and regulatory approach to economy. After failing to find a political partner, Polish Reason of State entered talks with agrarian Polish Peasant Bloc, a fellow Samoobrona split. Ultimately the party dissolved in 2005, less than one year after its registration in 2004. Its members then joined the left-wing Self-Defence Social Movement in 2006, another split from Samoobrona.