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On 5 June of the same year, at an extraordinary national congress of the AGROunia party, a resolution was adopted to change its name to Polska Praworządna (the court registered this name three weeks later), with Piotr Kołodziejczak (Michał Kołodziejczak's cousin) as its new president.<ref name="polskapraworządna">{{citation |url=https://bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl/rejestr-partii/0/455/polska-praworzadna-postanowienie-nieprawomocne |language=pl |title = Polska Praworządna |publisher= warszawa.so.gov.pl |access-date = 2023-06-27}}</ref> In addition, on 19 June, a fourth party established by AGROunia activists was registered, under the name Social Interest. Its president was Mateusz Piepiórka.<ref name="społecznyinteres">{{citation |url=https://bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl/rejestr-partii/0/475/spoleczny-interes-postanowienie-nieprawomocne |title= Społeczny Interes |publisher= warszawa.so.gov.pl |access-date = 2023-06-27 |language=pl}}</ref> On 30 June 2023, Michał Kołodziejczak and the president of the New Democracy - YES party Marek Materek (mayor of [[Starachowice]]) announced plans to form a coalition and run under the party banner "Social Movement Agrounia YES" in the [[2023 Polish parliamentary election|parliamentary elections in the same year]].<ref name="rsautak">{{citation |title= Michał Kołodziejczak: "Ruch Społeczny AgroUnia Tak" – w takiej formule idziemy do wyborów |access-date = 2023-06-30 |publisher = polsatnews.pl |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2023-06-29/michal-kolodziejczak-i-marcin-ociepa-w-programie-gosc-wydarzen-ogladaj-godz-1920/ |date= 30 June 2023 |language=pl}}</ref> A week earlier at the congress in connection with these plans, the name was adopted by the existing Social Movement party.<ref name="rs-zmiana">{{citation |title = Ruch Społeczny Agrounia TAK |access-date = 2023-07-07 |publisher= bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl |url=https://bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl/rejestr-partii/1904/465/ruch-spoleczny-agrounia-tak-postanowienie-nieprawomocne |language=pl}}</ref>

 

 

On 16 August 2023, AGROunia announced its cooperation with the [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] under the leadership of Donald Tusk and his [[Civic Platform]]. The alliance was formally announced during the National Council meeting of the Civic Platform, which approved and published the lists of the Civic Coalition for the Sejm and the Senate.<ref name="tvn24_1"/> During the meeting, Donald Tusk stated that AGROunia will run in the [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]] together with the Civic Coalition. This decision shocked political pundits, given AGROunia's aspiration to be a spiritual successor of Andrzej Lepper's [[Samoobrona]]. Polish political scientist [[:pl:Rafał Chwedoruk|Rafał Chwedoruk]] praised this decision, arguing that a coalition with AGROunia will help the Civic Platform appeal to rural voters, who hitherto considered the party elitist and urban-centric. Kołodziejczak argued that the coalition is necessary to prevent vote splitting and to ensure the defeat of the [[United Right (Poland)|United Right]] government; Kołodziejczak stated: "No vote must go to waste, and we must show everyone in Poland that, despite our different views, we are looking in one direction - towards a future Poland that will be strong, rich and here people will build it together. This is what I am here for, I believe in it and I will do everything: we will win with PiS, we will take back the countryside from PiS".<ref name="tvn24_1">{{cite web |url=https://tvn24.pl/wybory-parlamentarne-2023/wybory-parlamentarne-2023-michal-kolodziejczak-lider-agrounii-wystartuje-z-list-platformy-obywatelskiej-komentarze-ekspertow-7293884 |website=[[tvn24.pl]] |author=Radek Pietruszka |date=16 August 2023 |title=Wyborczy sojusz Platformy z Agrounią. Po co Tuskowi Kołodziejczak? |language=pl }}</ref> The former coalition partner of AGROunia, [[New Democracy - Yes]], announced that it will not be joining the Civic Coalition itself and decided to end its cooperation with AGROunia.<ref name="civic_1">{{cite web |url=http://www.starachowice-net.pl/informator/news/nowa-demokracja-tak-marka-materka-nie-do-cza-do-koalicji-obywatelskiej |website=starachowice-net.pl |author=Marek Materek |author-link=:pl:Marek Materek |date=16 August 2023 |title="Nowa Demokracja TAK" Marka Materka NIE dołącza do Koalicji Obywatelskiej |language=pl }}</ref>