Motherland Party (Ukraine)
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All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ("Batkivshchyna")
Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" |
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| Leader | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Founded | 9 July 1999 |
| Headquarters | Kiev |
| Youth wing | Young Batkivshchyna |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Liberal democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union (associate) |
| Colours | Crimson |
| Slogan | We Have the Power to Change Everything |
| Verkhovna Rada |
21 / 450
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| Regions (2015) |
8,840 / 158,399
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The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" or Batkivshchyna (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", Vseukrayins'ke Obyednannya Bat'kivshchyna) is a political party in Ukraine, led by Yulia Tymoshenko.
As the core party of the former Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Batkivshchyna has been represented in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) since Yulia Tymoshenko set up the parliamentary faction of the same name in March 1999. Since 2008, Batkivshchyna has been an associate member of the European People's Party. After the November 2011 banning of the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections, Batkivshchyna became a major force in Ukrainian politics independently. Yulia Tymoshenko was a political prisoner of Yanukovych regime from 5 August 2011 until 22 February 2014. After the 2014 revolution she was rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights in the absence of crime structure. Since the participation of blocks of political parties in the parliamentary elections in 2012 was banned, Batkivshchyna held a campaign called "United opposition Batkivshchyna" and advanced on its behalf members of other parties-allies of Batkivshchyna; party list was headed by the leader of the "Front of Changes" Arseniy Yatsenyuk. On 15 June 2013 the parties "Front of Changes" and "Reforms and Order" finally merged with the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna by self-liquidation. As at 31 December 2013 the parliamentary faction Batkivshchyna counted 90 deputies. During Euromaidan events, on 22 February 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution on the implementation of international obligations of Ukraine on release of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko.
Tymoshenko started reforming the party and the Batkivshchyna went to the parliamentary elections in 2014 with new members, the top five of the list included: Nadiya Savchenko (Ukrainian pilot), Yulia Tymoshenko, Ihor Lutsenko, Serhiy Sobolev, Alyona Shkrum. Based on the election results the party received 19 seats in the Ukrainian parliament, 17 – according to party lists, 2 – on majority system; Igor Zhdanov from Batkivshchyna got the position of Youth and Sports Minister in the Government. According to the results of local elections-2015 the party "Fatherland" received second place, and thereby doubled its result in comparison with the parliamentary elections-2014.
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