At a joint press conference, Kaczyński said the two men had agreed that Morawiecki's association, called Develoment Plus – which counts several dozen PiS MPs and MEPs among its members – would operate within the party's structures rather than independently.
It will be absorbed into a newly created expert council, a body Kaczyński had announced days earlier.
"The compromise comes down, in the most general terms, to the association's activity being conducted as if inside the party," Kaczyński said, adding that he was "deeply convinced" the agreement would hold.
The dispute flared up after Morawiecki announced the establishment of Development Plus last week, prompting a swift reaction from the leadership.
PiS spokesman Rafał Bochenek called it a "non-party formula, contrary to the party's statute", and Kaczyński warned that members who joined the group would be barred from future PiS electoral lists.
MEP Piotr Müller, himself a member of the association, told RMF24 radio on Tuesday that the threat to exclude members from candidate lists had been "a communication misunderstanding".
Fellow PiS politician Krzysztof Szczucki echoed that view, saying both sides wanted unity and that the association was always intended to help PiS reach voters, including experts and business people, who are reluctant to engage directly with the party.
MEP Adam Bielan posted a photo on X of himself seated at a table with Kaczyński and Morawiecki, writing that an agreement had been reached and a shared direction established.
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Source: PAP, onet.pl