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All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" | |
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| Leader | Yulia Tymoshenko[1][2] |
| Founded | 9 July 1999[3] |
| Split from | Hromada |
| Headquarters | Kyiv |
| Youth wing | Young Batkivshchyna[4] |
| Paramilitary wing | Batkivshchyna Battalion |
| Membership (2020[update]) | ≈30,000[nb 1] |
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| Political position | Centre-left[11] Factions: Centre[12] to centre-right[13] |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (observer)[14] |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union[15] |
| Colours | Crimson |
| Slogan | "We Have the Power to Change Everything"[16] |
| Verkhovna Rada | 24 / 450 |
| Regions[17] | 4,470 / 43,122 |
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The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", romanized: Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna"), referred to as Batkivshchyna (Ukrainian: [ˌbɑtʲkʲiu̯ˈʃtʃɪnɐ] ⓘ), is a political party in Ukraine led by People's Deputy of Ukraine,[18] former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.[1] 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.[19][20][21] After the November 2011 banning of the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections,[22] Batkivshchyna became a major force in Ukrainian politics independently.[23]
In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Batkivshchyna took part under the banner "United opposition Batkivshchyna" and other parties allied with Batkivshchyna. The list won 62 seats and 25.55 percent of the vote under the (nationwide) proportional party-list system (down from 30.71 percent in 2007 for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc),[24] and another 39 in constituencies, thus a total of 101 seats.[25] On 15 June 2013 the parties "Front of Changes" and "Reforms and Order" finally merged with the Batkivshchyna by self-liquidation. By 31 December 2013, the parliamentary faction Batkivshchyna had 90 deputies.[26][23][27][28][29]
From 5 August 2011 to 22 February 2014, Yulia Tymoshenko was a political prisoner of the Yanukovych regime. In the concluding days of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, she was released after three years in jail and her reputation rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights.[30][31][32][33] Tymoshenko began reforming the party and Batkivshchyna went into the parliamentary elections of 2014 with new members, the top five of the list included: Nadiya Savchenko, Yulia Tymoshenko, Ihor Lutsenko, Serhiy Sobolev, and Alyona Shkrum. Based on the election results, the party received 19 seats in the Ukrainian parliament: 17 according to party lists and two through the majority system.[34] Until 17 February 2016, the party was a member of the Second Yatsenyuk Government, but it later moved into opposition.[35]
In the snap parliamentary election of 2019, Batkivschyna received 8.18% of the votes and 26 MPs (two elected in constituencies).[36] In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the party went into opposition.[37][38] According to the results of the local elections in 2020, the Batkivshchyna received 12.39% votes of voters, and became one of the leading parties in the local elections in Ukraine.[39] Despite having a social-democratic image, the party joined European People's Party in 2008.[40] Nevertheless, Batkivshchyna maintains its center-left position.[41] It is in favor of Ukraine's integration into the EU and joining NATO.[42]
- ^ a b Tomenko:Batkivschyna not planning to change its leader Tymoshenko, Kyiv Post (4 December 2012)
- ^ Batkivschyna to nominate Tymoshenko for presidency, Yatseniuk heads party’s political council, Interfax-Ukraine (14 June 2013)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Official Website
- ^ Young opposition activists stage rally to celebrate resignation of Azarov's government, Kyiv Post (5 December 2012)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Non-partisan Ukraine, The Ukrainian Week (24 June 2020)
- ^ Slootjes, Daniëlle; Kaal, Harm (7 June 2019). New Perspectives on Power and Political Representation from Ancient History to the Present Day: Repertoires of Representation. BRILL. p. 163. doi:10.1163/9789004291966_010. ISBN 978-90-04-29196-6. S2CID 201333918.
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- Kuzio, Taras (11 June 2018). "Who voted for Ukraine's anti-corruption court?". New Eastern Europe. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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- ^ Olszański, Tadeusz A. (17 September 2014), Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign, Centre for Eastern Studies
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- Rybachok, Denys (2019). Values, programmes and actions: examining the ideologies and legislative positions of Ukrainian political parties (PDF). Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy. p. 65.
Thus, the party Batkivshchyna, which is a center-left party, is a member of the centerright European People's Party
- "Party System of Ukraine Before and After Maidan: Changes, Trends, Public Demand". National Security & Defence. 6–7. Razumkov Centre: 14. 2015.
Frequently, the ideological guidance of Ukrainian political parties and members of international associations do not correspond to orientations of their western partners. An example of this is the membership of centre-left "Batkivshchyna" in the right European People's Party (EPP).
- Öhlén, Mats (2023). "The role of Europarties in Ukraine: the invisible EU membership facilitator?". European Policy Analysis. 7. Sieps – Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies: 11–12.
One example is the Fatherland party (Batkishchyna), which joined the EPP in 2008 as the third Ukrainian party (see table 3) despite a clearly left-leaning party profile.
- Warner, Tom (22 November 2005). "Yushchenko marks first Orange anniversary". Financial Times.
The moves toward a reunion come as Mr Yushchenko's centre-right Our Ukraine party and Ms Tymoshenko's centre-left Fatherland party are trailing Mr Yanukovich's Regions party in the polls.
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- Rybachok, Denys (2019). Values, programmes and actions: examining the ideologies and legislative positions of Ukrainian political parties (PDF). Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy. p. 65.
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- (in Ukrainian) Yablonsky, Vasyl (2015), Development of civil society in Ukraine: analytical report (PDF), NISS, p. 25
- "The Importance of Local Elections in the Political Life of Ukraine | Institute of Central Europe". 21 October 2020.
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- Olszański, Tadeusz A. (17 September 2014), Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign, Centre for Eastern Studies
- Kuzio, Taras (2011), "Ukraine: Muddling Along", Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy, Rowman & Littlefield, p. 359
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- ^ "Батькiвщина". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Обрані депутати місцевих рад. cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Тимошенко Юлія Володимирівна, Verkhovna Rada (29 August 2019)
- ^ Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough Archived 1 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine by Anders Aslund and Michael A. McFaul, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006, ISBN 978-0-87003-221-9
- ^ State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990–2003 Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine by Sarah Whitmore, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-0-415-33195-1, page 106
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna Archived 27 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, RBC Ukraine
- ^ Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)
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- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 – CEC Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
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- ^ "Ukraine: Court "discontinues" examination of Tymoshenko human rights complaint". humanrightseurope.org. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "ECHR:Tymoshenko suit over Ukraine treatment settled". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ (in Ukrainian)Yatsenyuk became a leader of the "People's Front" political council, while Turchynov is a head of its headquarters Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrainska Pravda. 10 September 2014
Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, RIA Novosti (10 September 2014) - ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 16 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC Archived 12 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
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- ^ CEC named the party leaders in the local elections in Ukraine, lb.ua (18 November 2020)
- ^ Kuzio, Taras (2010). "Populism in Ukraine in a Comparative European Context". Problems of Post-Communism. 57 (6): 16. doi:10.2753/PPC1075-8216570601. ISSN 1075-8216. S2CID 154825950.
- ^ Rybachok, Denys (2019). Values, programmes and actions: examining the ideologies and legislative positions of Ukrainian political parties (PDF). Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy. p. 65.
Thus, the party Batkivshchyna, which is a center-left party, is a member of the centerright European People's Party. The party declared it in 2007, although before it officially used to link its activities with the left-wing European parties, while party leader Yulia Tymoshenko, during her talks with the EPP, on the question about preferred ideology said that it is still the center-left.
- ^ "Юлія Тимошенко: Майбутнє України – в об'єднаній Європі (ВІДЕО)". intvua.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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