Organizers said the event, held under the slogan "One Nation, Strong Poland," is open to all.
Bartosz Malewski, head of the Independence March Association, said that although no formal invitations were extended to political leaders or parties, the event is open "to all who identify as patriots."
He added that participants connected to the National Movement and the far-right Confederation are expected to join, as both groups have been actively encouraging supporters to attend.
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński will take part in party-led commemorations on November 10, including a memorial march for the victims of the 2010 Polish air disaster near Smolensk, western Russia, before joining the Independence March the following day.
Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the PiS parliamentary caucus, confirmed Kaczyński’s participation, saying: "We will take part in this march because it is not a march of nationalists, but a march of Polish patriots."
Centrist and left-wing parties – the Civic Coalition (KO), Third Way and the Left – plan to celebrate elsewhere.
KO MPs criticized the march as dominated by the far right, while Left and Razem (Together) members said they would mark the holiday earlier, honouring socialist leader Ignacy Daszyński on November 7.
Civic Coalition MP Mariusz Witczak argued that Kaczyński’s presence is a political move, adding that "such use of patriotism" prevents the event from being a unifying celebration.
Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski said he would not join the march, describing it as "an event of one political milieu," and instead invited residents to a city concert titled "Sharing Independence."
The Independence March, organized annually since 2011, will begin on November 11 at 1 p.m. local time with a prayer at Warsaw’s Dmowski Roundabout before proceeding toward the National Stadium.
Poland regained independence on November 11, 1918, the day World War I ended, after 123 years of partition by Russia, Austria and Prussia.
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Source: PAP