European Solidarity

European Solidarity
Європейська солідарність
AbbreviationYeS
LeaderPetro Poroshenko
FounderPetro Poroshenko
Founded5 May 2000 (2000-05-05)
Split fromSocial Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
HeadquartersKyiv
Membership (2020)"Tens of thousands"[nb 1]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Civic nationalism[2]
National Democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (associate)[3]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union
Colours
  •   Blue
  •   Yellow
Slogan"Time to Unite"
Verkhovna Rada[4]
27 / 450
Regions[5]
3,905 / 43,122
Website
eurosolidarity.org Edit this at Wikidata

European Solidarity (Ukrainian: Європейська солідарність, romanized: Yevropeys'ka solidarnist', pronounced [jeu̯rɔˈpɛi̯sʲkɐ sɔlʲiˈdarnʲisʲtʲ], YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000[6] and has existed since in various forms as a political outlet for Petro Poroshenko. The party with its then name Petro Poroshenko Bloc won 132 of the 423 contested seats in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, more than any other party.[7][8]

In August 2015, the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR) merged into the party.[9] In May 2019, the UDAR undid this merge.[10] In October 2017, the party had about 30,000 members; former members of Party of Regions are denied membership.[11] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 23 seats on the nationwide party list and 2 constituency seats.[12]

Initially formed as a social democratic party,[13] it shifted to the centre-right during the formation of Petro Poroshenko Bloc in 2014.[13] Since then, it has been described as Christian democratic,[13] liberal conservative,[13][14] conservative,[15] liberal,[16] and civic nationalist.[17][18] Regarding their foreign stances, they support the membership of Ukraine in the European Union and a peaceful end to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[13][19] In its program, they stated their support for decentralization and anti-corruption among other principles.[20]

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  4. ^ Депутатські фракції і групи VIII скликання: Назва депутатської фракції чи групи [Deputation factions and groups of the VIII convening: Name of the deputation faction or group] (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada official website. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. ^ Обрані депутати місцевих рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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  7. ^ Ian Bateson; Olena Goncharova; Kyiv Post staff (29 October 2014). "Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk's parties maneuver for lead role in coalition". Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
    "New Verkhovna Rada". Kyiv Post. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014.
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    "Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC". Interfax-Ukraine. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Klitschko becomes leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' party". Interfax-Ukraine. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Кличко заявив, що УДАР піде на вибори" [Klitschko said that UDAR will go to the polls]. Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  11. ^ "Headless party power. What happens to the BPP?". Glavcom (in Ukrainian). 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  12. ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections Archived 2019-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019 Archived 2019-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainska Pravda (21 July 2019)
  13. ^ a b c d e "European Solidarity". Liga (in Ukrainian). 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  14. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Ukraine". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. ^ Denysova, A. (2019). The Idea Of The Social State in The Ukrainian Party Discourse. Odesa: Danish Scientific Journal. p. 48. ISSN 3375-2389.
  16. ^ "Kiew in der Hand der "Diener des Volkes"". Schwäbische Post. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019.
  17. ^ Ragozin, Leonid (9 April 2019). "Why ethnopolitics doesn't work in Ukraine". Al-Jazeera. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  18. ^ Korniienko, Artur (9 June 2019). "Poroshenko's European Solidarity party presents candidates for parliament". Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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