Batkivshchyna

All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина"
LeaderYulia Tymoshenko[1][2]
Founded9 July 1999 (1999-07-09)[3]
Split fromHromada
HeadquartersKyiv
Youth wingYoung Batkivshchyna[4]
Membership (2020)≈30,000[nb 1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[11]
Factions:
Centre[12] to centre-right[13]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (observer)[14]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union[15]
Colours  Crimson
Slogan"We Have the Power to Change Everything"[16]
Verkhovna Rada
24 / 450
Regions[17]
4,470 / 43,122
Website
ba.org.ua
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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 government. 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 the 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]

  1. ^ a b Tomenko:Batkivschyna not planning to change its leader Tymoshenko, Kyiv Post (4 December 2012)
  2. ^ Batkivschyna to nominate Tymoshenko for presidency, Yatseniuk heads party’s political council, Interfax-Ukraine (14 June 2013)
  3. ^ (in Ukrainian) Official Website
  4. ^ Young opposition activists stage rally to celebrate resignation of Azarov's government, Kyiv Post (5 December 2012)
  5. ^ (in Ukrainian) Non-partisan Ukraine, The Ukrainian Week (24 June 2020)
  6. ^ Rybachok, Denys (2019). "Values, programmes and actions: examining the ideologies and legislative positions of Ukrainian political parties". EECMD Publications. 4. Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD): 55. Regarding the economy, the party supports the social democracy model; advocates for providing significant social guarantees; criticizes excessive social polarization between the rich and poor; supports the introduction of a luxury tax. Batkivshchyna opposes the privatization of state-owned enterprises and the permission to sell agricultural land. The party supports the protectionism of national commodity producers.
  7. ^ Kuzio, Taras. "Yushchenko versus Tymoshenko: Why Ukraine's National Democrats are divided" (PDF). Demokratizatsiya. p. 228. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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  9. ^ Januta, Andrea (26 June 2024). "EXPLAINER: Does Ukraine have political opposition?". The Kyiv Independent.
  10. ^ 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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  15. ^ "Member Parties". International Democrat Union. February 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Батькiвщина". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  17. ^ Обрані депутати місцевих рад. cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  18. ^ (in Ukrainian) Тимошенко Юлія Володимирівна, Verkhovna Rada (29 August 2019)
  19. ^ 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
  20. ^ 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
  21. ^ (in Ukrainian) Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna Archived 27 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, RBC Ukraine
  22. ^ Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (17 November 2011)
  23. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CESOlszańskiUKel12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  26. ^ (in Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції і групи VII скликання Deputy fractions and Groups VII convocation Archived 20 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Verkhovna Rada
  27. ^ 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)
  28. ^ Cite error: The named reference They Call Themselves the Opposition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  29. ^ 250 MPs sign up to join coalition – Turchynov Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (27 February 2014)
  30. ^ <%= item.timeFlag %>. "ITAR-TASS: World – Ukrainian Supreme Court closes Tymoshenko's 'gas case'". Information Telegraph Agency of Russia. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  31. ^ "Ukraine: Court "discontinues" examination of Tymoshenko human rights complaint". humanrightseurope.org. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  32. ^ "ECHR:Tymoshenko suit over Ukraine treatment settled". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  33. ^ (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)
  34. ^ 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)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC Archived 13 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
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  38. ^ "Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna party moves to opposition over land market law | KyivPost – Ukraine's Global Voice". Kyiv Post. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  39. ^ CEC named the party leaders in the local elections in Ukraine, lb.ua (18 November 2020)
  40. ^ 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.
  41. ^ 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.
  42. ^ "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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