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National Democracy (Ukrainian: Націонал-демократія, romanized: translit-Natsional-demokratiia), also abbreviated as Natsdems (Ukrainian: Нацдемів, romanized: Natsdemiv) and sometimes referred to as Orangeism (Ukrainian: Помаранчевізм, romanized: Pomaranchevizm), is a political ideology in Ukraine. Since 1989, it has been one of the country's main political ideologies, along with Russophilia. National Democracy is generally Atlanticist and pro-European in foreign policy, being sceptical to closer relations with Russia. Domestically, it is socially and economically liberal, as well as anti-communist. It is positioned on the centre-right of the political spectrum, having historically been on the left.
National Democracy was preceded by the Ukrainian dissident movement during the Brezhnev era. Traditionally, National Democracy has been particularly popular in Western Ukraine, as well as, to a lesser extent, Central Ukraine. Two Presidents of Ukraine have been associated with National Democracy, Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko.