The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (), referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a

political party in Ukraine There have been numerous political parties active in Ukraine in the past and present. Currently, as of 1 January 2020, there are 349 officially registered political parties in the country.Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( Hrihyan born 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first and only woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been ...

. As the core party of the former

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc () was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections was banned.

, Batkivshchyna has been represented in the

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(Ukraine's parliament) since Yulia Tymoshenko set up the parliamentary faction of the same name in March 1999.Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine's Democratic Breakthrough
by Anders Aslund and Michael A. McFaul,

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, 2006, State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990–2003
by Sarah Whitmore,

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, 2004, , page 106Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина" ''All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna''
,

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After the November 2011 banning of the participation of blocs of political parties in

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,Parliament passes law on parliamentary elections
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'' (17 November 2011) Batkivshchyna became a major force in Ukrainian politics independently. In the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

, 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

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for the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc), and another 39 in constituencies, thus a total of 101 seats. 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.Депутатські фракції і групи VII скликання ''Deputy fractions and Groups VII convocation''
, Verkhovna Rada 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 The Revolution of Dignity (), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capit ...

, she was released after three years in jail and her reputation rehabilitated by the

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.Yatsenyuk became a leader of the "People's Front" political council, while Turchynov is a head of its headquarters
.

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. 10 September 2014
Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party
,

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(10 September 2014) Tymoshenko began reforming the party and Batkivshchyna went into the parliamentary elections of 2014 with new members, the top five of the list included:

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, 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.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
,

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(8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC
,

(8 November 2014) Until 17 February 2016, the party was a member of the

Second Yatsenyuk Government The second Yatsenyuk government was created in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 2 December 2014, 288 People's Deputy of Ukraine, members (of the 423 In the snap parliamentary election of 2019, Batkivschyna received 8.18% of the votes and 26 MPs (two elected in constituencies). In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the party went into opposition. 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.CEC named the party leaders in the local elections in Ukraine
''lb.ua'' (18 November 2020) Despite having a

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image, the party joined the

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in 2008. Nevertheless, Batkivshchyna maintains its center-left position. It is in favor of Ukraine's integration into the EU and joining

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History

Early history

The predecessor of today's party is the Association of Peace-loving Forces "Batkivshchyna" that was founded in 1995 by Volodymyr Prisnyakov, a rector at Dnipropetrovsk National University. In 1998,

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( Hrihyan born 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005, and again from 2007 until 2010; the first and only woman in Ukraine to hold that position. She has been ...

was elected a people's deputy of the

from the Bobrynets constituency (number 99) in

Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast (), also known as Kirovohradshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (''province'') in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. The oblast's population is It is ...

. In spring 1999, Tymoshenko created a parliamentary group called "Batkivshchyna" as a breakaway group of

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. On 14 September 1998 the

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accused Hromada leader

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, and the following March Tymoshenko established the "Fatherland"

parliamentary group A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...

. On 9 July 1999, based on the parliamentary group and smaller party, a new political party – All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" – was founded its constituent congress. On the same day, the Charter of the party was approved. According to which the party is entrusted with the main duties to protect the interests of the Ukrainian people in their struggle for the independence of Ukraine, the preservation of national identity, the European future of the country and a decent life for all its citizens. The first party chairman was elected Viktor Drachenko, a former Communist Party secretary from

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. It was created on February 27, 1932. Dnipropetro ...

. The party was registered by the

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on 16 September 1999 under certificate no. 122.Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина"
, Database DATA At the second congress, held on 18 December of the same year, Yulia Tymoshenko was elected chairman of the party, replacing Drachenko.

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

In the 2002 parliamentary elections, the party was the main constituent of the

. The bloc obtained 22 seats in the parliament, all on the party list. Thirteen of them were allocated to "Fatherland". In January 2005, Tymoshenko became

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under

Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards Western world, the West, European Union, and N ...

's presidency.Ukraine's Gold-Plaited Comeback Kid
,

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(23 September 2008) Several months earlier, she was a leader in the

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution () was a series of protests that led to political upheaval in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005. It gained momentum primarily due to the initiative of the general population, sparked by the aftermath of the ...

which enabled Yushchenko's election. After losing several seats in 2002 and 2003, the bloc had grown to 40 members by September 2005. In March 2005, the Yabluko party merged with Batkivshchyna. However, in March 2007 Yabluko became the Party of Free Democrats and withdrew from Batkivshchyna. In late 2005, the United Ukraine party also merged with Batkivshchyna. In the

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and 2007 parliamentary elections the party was part of the Tymoshenko Bloc, which won 129 of 450 seats in 2006 (22.29 percent of the total vote) and 156 of 450 seats (30.71 percent of the total vote) in 2007. EPP Summit March 2011 Tymoshenko 3

On 18 December 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko was reelected prime minister by a two-vote margin, making

Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...

and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc a majority coalition. Since 2008, the party has been an observer member of the

.Європейська народна партія взяла до себе "УДАР" і виключила "Нашу Україну" ''European People's Party took a "hit" and excluded "Our Ukraine"''
, ''

'' (6 September 2013)
Member Parties
,

In 2009, "Fatherland" put Tymoshenko forward as a candidate for the presidency of Ukraine. After its defeat in the elections, the parliamentary coalition ceased to exist, and Tymoshenko's cabinet was dismissed. Tymoshenko stated on 22 February 2010 that she would go into opposition. During the

2010 Ukrainian local elections The 2010 Ukrainian local elections took place on 31 October 2010,

party ( political blocs were not permitted to compete in the election)Ukraine changes election rules before key vote
, ''

'' (28 July 2010)Law: All parties registered in Ukraine will be able to participate in local elections
, ''

'' (30 August 2010) was defeated by the rival

Party of Regions A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

in nearly all regions of Ukraine, although it remained the main opposition party.Local government elections in Ukraine: last stage in the Party of Regions’ takeover of power
,

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(4 October 2010) Although Batkivshchyna won seats in 19 of 24 regional parliaments, it did not win a seat in the Supreme Council of Crimea. In

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and

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as well as in

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the party did not participate in the elections cause it was unable to register its candidates. Yulia Tymoshenko claimed that "fraudulent Batkivshchyna party organisations were registered on orders from

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of t ...

"."Westerners, local observers rip Oct. 31 elections as undemocratic"
, ''

'' (5 November 2010)European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2010 on Ukraine
,

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(25 November 2010)

Batkivshchyna – United Opposition

On 16 November 2010, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the

was renamed the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna. During the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, several criminal cases were opened against Tymoshenko. On 5 August 2011 Tymoshenko was arrested. On 11 October she was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of power and official authority when entering into gas contracts with Russia in January 2009. The Danish Helsinki Committee, observing the trial, came to the conclusion that it was politically motivated and included gross violations of the European Convention on Human Rights. In 2010–2013, the European Parliament adopted six resolutions in which the persecution of Tymoshenko was named "politically motivated selective justice".Yulia Tymoshenko ends hunger strike after hospital move
,

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(9 May 2012) On 17 November 2011, party blocs were again banned in

. The following month, Batkivshchyna and the People's Self-Defense party announced that the latter would merge with the former,Партії Тимошенко і Луценка об’єднаються у середу?
, ''

'' (16 December 2011)Батьківщина та Народна самооборона завтра оголосять про злиття
,

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(16 December 2011) and on 28 December first deputy head of the party

Oleksandr Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (, ; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptists in Ukraine, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukra ...

said, "I believe that other political forces will join us".Turchynov: Batkivschyna, People's Self-Defense start unification (updated)
, ''

'' (28 December 2011) Batkivshchyna, the former Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc member

Reforms and Order Party Party Reform and Order () was a liberal political party in Ukraine.

and the

People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine () is a Ukraine, Ukrainian political party and one of the first Opposition (politics), opposition parties in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine.The first officially registered opposition politica ...

announced their intention to submit a single party list in the March 2012 parliamentary elections. On 7 April,

Arseniy Yatsenyuk Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served two terms as Prime Minister of Ukraine – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and from 27 November 2014 to 14 April 2016. He was t ...

announced that the Front for Change party would join them on the single-party list. On 6 June 2012, Vyacheslav Kutovy and Volodymyr Kupchak left the party; Kupchak he had been threatened by party leader Yatsenyuk and the party had "betrayed Yulia Tymoshenko, who had sparked the protest movement

Rise up, Ukraine! "Rise up, Ukraine!" (, Russian language, Russian: "Вставай, Украина!") was a nationwide series of political protests by opposition parties All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", UDAR and All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" against the gover ...

". In July 2012, Batkivshchyna agreed with the

Svoboda Svoboda () means "freedom" in various Slavic languages. It may refer to: People * Svoboda (surname) Organizations Media * Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty * ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...

party on the distribution of

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candidates in the 2012 parliamentary elections. Two weeks before 28 October election, Batkivshchyna withdrew 26 parliamentary candidates in favour of the

Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitali Klitschko (, using the acronym UDAR Vitali Klitschko () translates to "strike" or "punch", ) is a political party in Ukraine headed by retired Batkivshchyna was a ''de facto'' umbrella party in the election, whose election list included members of the Reforms and Order,

, Front for Change, For Ukraine!, People's Self-Defense, Civil Position and Social Christian parties. In July 2012, members of the

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joined the list, known as the Fatherland United Opposition.Mustafa Dzhemiliov is number 12 on the list of the United Opposition "Fatherland"

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(2 August 2012) Front for Change leader

headed the list, because Tymoshenko was imprisoned.They Call Themselves the Opposition
, ''

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'' (31 August 2012)Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради
, ''

'' (11 November 2012) The list won 62 seats and 25.55 percent of the vote under the proportional party-list system (down from 30.71 percent in

for the

), and another 39 in simple-majority constituencies.With whom and with what is going to the elections "Motherland", which is going to "put a shoulder to Zelensky"

Espreso TV Espreso TV () is an Internet television station in Ukraine that started to operate in November 2013. Espreso TV enabled the Euromaidan protests to be broadcast worldwide. Ownership The channel is owned by the media company Goldberry LLC.

(1 July 2019) Competing in 152 of 225 constituencies, they won a total of 101 seats, 22.67 percent of the 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. The party lost about two million votes, compared with the results of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the previous election.After the parliamentary elections in Ukraine: a tough victory for the Party of Regions
,

(7 November 2012) Yatsenyuk was temporarily elected leader of this parliamentary faction on 12 December 2012.Five factions, including Communist Party, registered in parliament
, ''

'' (12 December 2012) On 19 October 2012, Batkivshchyna and Svoboda signed an agreement for "the creation of a coalition of democratic forces in the new parliament". The party also coordinated its parliamentary activities with UDAR. In early April 2013, four lawmakers left the party in protest of Yatsenyuk's leadership style, and Roman Stadniychuk was forced to replace Serhiy Vlasenko's parliamentary mandate."Dynamics" in the Batkivshchyna Verkhovna Rada faction

The following month, Batkivshchyna, UDAR and Svoboda pledged to coordinate for the

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2013 unification

In December 2012, the parties which aligned with Batkivshchyna in the 2012 parliamentary elections considered forming a single party.Ukraine's united opposition discussing formation of single party
, ''

'' (7 December 2012) On 15 June 2013, the Reforms and Order Party and the Front for Change merged with Batkivshchyna. A portion of the

(including former chairman

Borys Tarasyuk Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk (; born 1 January 1949) is a Ukrainian politician who twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former MP who is since December 2019 Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe. ...

)Ukraine-Russia relations didn't get any better, ex-Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk says
also merged. The remainder of the party had merged with the Ukrainian People's Party the previous month.Batkivschyna, Front for Change, Reform and Order Party, part of NRU unite for victory – Tymoshenko's address to congress

(15 June 2013)
Tymoshenko re-elected Batkivshchyna leader, Yatseniuk council chair
,

Ukrinform The National News Agency of Ukraine (), or Ukrinform (), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence Euromaidan Euromaidan ( ; , , ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv. The p ...

protests, which began in late November 2013 and culminated on 21 February 2014 impeachment of President

after the February

, during which Tymoshenko was released from jail and officially rehabilitated.Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president
,

(23 February 2014)
Ukraine protests timeline
,

(23 February 2014) Immediately after the revolution, the Ukrainian Supreme Court closed the case and found that "no crime was committed". The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg acknowledged political persecution and torture and stopped studying the criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko dated 2011–2014. After Yanukovych's ousting, and return of the 2004 Constitution, a ruling coalition was formed, which included Batkivshchyna, UDAR and Svoboda. This coalition put together a coalition government headed by

. Yulia Tymoshenko began to reform the party following the revolution. In early August 2014, Batkivshchyna expelled more than 1,500 members, including more than 700 deputies, in a

lustration Lustration in Central and Eastern Europe is the official public procedure of scrutinizing a public official or a candidate for public office in terms of their history as a witting confidential collaborator (informant) of relevant former commun ...

campaign. The party has its own Batkivshchyna Battalion that has fought in the

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since May 2014.

Post Euromaidan 2014 parliamentary elections and split of People's Front

On 22 September 2014, the Central Election Commission made the decision to register Batkivshchyna in a nationwide multi-member constituency at the extraordinary elections to the Verkhovna Rada. Batkivshchyna garnered 894,837 votes (5.68%) in the elections, which meant that it was admitted to the 8th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with 17 seats on party lists, and two seats in majority constituencies.Five political forces sign coalition agreement
,

(21 November 2014)
Ukraine's parliamentary parties initial coalition agreement
,

(21 November 2014) Following the elections the party became a member of the coalition supporting the current

second Yatsenyuk Government The second Yatsenyuk government was created in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 2 December 2014, 288 People's Deputy of Ukraine, members (of the 423 Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup
,

(2 December 2014)
Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners

(2 December 2014)
Rada voted the new Cabinet
,

(2 December 2014) On 11 December 2014, parliament supported Yulia Tymoshenko's initiative calling for the release of

. On 25 May 2016, Savchencko was exchanged in a prisoner swap for two Russian

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officers captured by Ukraine. (Technically, she was granted a pardon by president

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.) On 17 February 2016, Batkivshchyna withdrew from the

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(17 February 2016)
Batkivshchyna faction leaves ruling coalition
,

(17 February 2016) The party did not join the coalition that supports the Groysman Government, which was installed on 14 April 2016. During 17 July 2016 constituency mid-term elections the party won two (extra) seats in the Ukrainian parliament. On 15 December 2016, Batkivshchyna expelled the number 1 on its 2014 parliamentary election list, Nadiya Savchenko, from its parliamentary faction in response to her earlier meeting with separatist leaders Aleksandr Zakharchenko (of the

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR; , ) is Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupied territory in Ukraine that the Russian Federation has claimed to annex and declared as a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia, comprising parts o ...

) and

Igor Plotnitsky Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky (born 25 June 1964) is a former Ukrainian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, in eastern Ukraine, from 14 August 2014 to 24 November 2017. He was born 26 June ...

(of the

Luhansk People's Republic The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; , ) is a disputed territory administered as a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitar ...

). The party saw this meeting as "negotiations with terrorists" and "adamantly opposed" it."Batkivshchyna" faction expelled from Savchenko

(15 December 2016)

2015 local elections

According to the Central Election Commission, the results of local elections in 2015 resulted in the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party placing second in Ukraine. "Fatherland" will be represented 8016 deputies in local councils, and by 369 deputies as heads of villages, towns and cities. In comparison to the 2014 parliamentary elections, "Fatherland" was able to increase its representation by 250%.Poroshenko Bloc, Batkivschyna, Nash Kray get largest number of seats in local councils – Ukrainian Voters Committee
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(12 November 2015)

2016–2017 local elections

In 2016–2017, Ukraine held local elections in united territorial communities. According to the results of four big local elections "Batkivshchyna" took premier place among political parties (number of local deputies elected to local councils). According to Central Electoral Committee of Ukraine on elections to local councils held on 11 December 2016, "Batkivshchyna" got 14.34% of votes (120 deputies); on 18 December 2016 – 16.17% (515 deputies); on 30 April 2017 – 17.99% (197 deputies); on 29 October 2017 – 20.33% (901 deputies).

2019 presidential election and parliamentary election

In the presidential election of March 2019, Yulia Timoshenko stood as presidential candidate for the All Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", scoring 13.40% (2,532,452 votes) and not reaching the second turn. She did not endorse either Zelensky or Poroshenko. In the July

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the top 5 of the party list were Tymoshenko, Serhiy Taruta,

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, Serhiy Sobolyev and Olena Kondratyuk. In early June, Tymoshenko announced that the party will not be part of opposition to President Zelensky if it is not included in the ruling coalition formed after the next elections. In the snap parliamentary election of 2019 Batkivschyna slightly improved its performance, scoring 8.18% (1,196,303) and electing 26 MPs.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections

(21 July 2019) The party abstained from the confidence vote to the new Honcharuk Government, but ensured it would support the government from outside. However, on 13 November 2019, the party went into opposition.

Parliamentary activity in the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation (2019 – present)

The "Fatherland" faction in the Verkhovna Rada of the ninth convocation has 24 deputies. The head of the faction is Yulia Tymoshenko, the first deputy is Sergei Sobolev. The faction was created on 29 August 2019. On the first day of the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada, Tymoshenko's faction supported the bill on lifting parliamentary immunity. On 3 September 2019, the "Fatherland" supported the referral to the Constitutional Court of a bill to reduce the number of deputies. In November 2019, after the parliament passed a bill to lift the moratorium on land sales, the leader of the "Fatherland" faction Yulia Tymoshenko announced her transition to opposition to the ruling Servant of the People party. On 18 November 2019, Tymoshenko appealed to the Constitutional Court to immediately consider the petition for the bill on the "land market". In December 2019, Tymoshenko united more than 40 political and public organizations that oppose the sale of land in the National Headquarters for the Protection of Native Land. On 15 December 2019, the National Headquarters approved demands to President Volodymyr Zelensky that it be necessary to postpone the adoption of "land laws", extend the moratorium and announce a referendum. The National Corps also joined the all-Ukrainian protest action initiated by the National Headquarters for the Protection of the Motherland. On 19 December 2019, Yulia Tymoshenko and Batkivshchyna deputies addressed the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine with a statement pointing to conflicts of interest and corruption in the Parliamentary Committee on Agrarian Policy during the consideration of the law on land sales. On 11 January 2021, Tymoshenko called on the authorities to provide Ukrainians with gas at a price no higher than the purchase price. According to Tymoshenko, the price of gas should not exceed ₴3, in this regard, "Batkivshchyna" registered a bill in parliament No. 1177. On 29 January 2021, the Batkivshchyna faction registered in the Verkhovna Rada a draft law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On the Natural Gas Market" (regarding the direction of natural gas accumulated during the unheated period and domestic production for the needs of the population)" In November 2020, Tymoshenko's party supported the all-Ukrainian SaveFOP campaign by registering Bill 3853-2 to simplify the taxation system for small businesses. Tymoshenko signed a memorandum of cooperation with the public movement SaveFOP. On 27 January 2021, Tymoshenko initiated a referendum on five issues: the supply of Ukrainian gas and nuclear electricity to the population with a 30% profitability; on the sale of agricultural land; on the sale of strategic property; the issue of legalization of cannabis; about the gambling business. At the same time, Zelensky criticized Tymoshenko's referendum, although he himself initiated a nationwide poll on 5 issues, as well as the strengthening of democracy in Ukraine. On 1 March 2021, the Batkivshchyna party demanded that the Government stop importing electricity from Russia and Belarus to Ukraine and launch an investigation into the matter. According to Tymoshenko, the import of Belarusian and Russian electricity threatens the national security of the country. On 16 June 2021, Batkivshchyna appealed to the president at an all-Ukrainian veche, in which they called for a referendum on the land issue. The appeal contains a demand to abolish and not enact the already adopted legislative acts on the circulation of agricultural land, as well as to introduce a moratorium on the adoption of such legislation – until the appropriate decision of the referendum. The party opened a "hot" telephone line to help citizens in matters of the "land market". The party opened a "hot" telephone line to help citizens in matters of the "land market". On 21 July 2021, the Batkivshchyna party developed a draft of the new Constitution of Ukraine, which provides for the division of powers into four branches – legislative, executive, judicial and control. On 28 September 2021, the Batkivshchyna faction registered in the Verkhovna Rada a draft resolution on the creation of an interim commission of inquiry to investigate the activities of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and to investigate the critical situation in the field of tariff setting, which arose as a result of the actions of officials of this company. On 18 October 2021, the Batkivshchyna faction announced a demand for the authorities to declare a state of emergency in the energy sector and proposed an urgent plan to avoid the crisis and calmly pass the heating season for. On 24 January 2022, the Batkivshchyna Party proposed the creation of a

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in Ukraine to overcome the economic crisis in the country. On 27 January 2022, the

of Ukraine adopted a resolution initiated by MPs from the Batkivshchyna faction to establish a Temporary Commission of Inquiry to investigate possible corruption, which caused significant losses to the state budget, including NJSC

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of Ukraine. The leader of the Tymoshenko faction became a member of this TSC. On 1 March 2022, during the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, took custody of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital. Tymoshenko donated medicines and essentials to the institution. Tymoshenko also helps to take sick children out of Kyiv and the region to continue treatment and medical care abroad and in the western regions of the country. On 18 March 2022, Yulia Tymoshenko created the Center for Humanitarian Aid in the all-Ukrainian association "Batkivshchyna" to help vulnerable groups of the population and the Ukrainian military. On 20 June 2022, in the

of Ukraine, the only Batkivshchyna faction did not support the ratification of the

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. On 19 July 2022, at a closed meeting of the

, the Batkivshchyna faction prevented the consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of bills on the allocation of 264 billion budget hryvnias for Naftogaz of Ukraine. Speaking from the rostrum of the parliament, Tymoshenko published information confirming the corruption component of the package of government bills 7427 and 7429 submitted for consideration, which introduced an opaque scheme for the purchase of natural gas by Naftogaz. After that, the Verkhovna Rada sent these initiatives for a second second reading. On 29 July 2022, the

voted for the legislative initiative of Tymoshenko on the creation of a Temporary Special Commission to Investigate the Crisis in the Energy Market of Ukraine.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 30 June 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" faction did not vote for Law No. 8401, which cancels tax benefits for small and medium-sized businesses and introduces fines for working without cash registers. On 6 July 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" team, led by leader Yulia Tymoshenko, announced the creation of a volunteer program to provide the Ukrainian military with new medical aid vehicles. On 7 July 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" faction called on the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to adopt a resolution on the introduction of a moratorium on any changes to the borders of the Chernobyl zones. On 12 July 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" faction registered in the Parliament a draft law «On adoption of a decision on the cultivation/production (cultivation) and other circulation of cannabis plants in Ukraine exclusively through an all-Ukrainian referendum». On 15 July 2023, "Batkivshchyna" is the only faction in the

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that did not vote for draft law No. 7457 on the legalization of marijuana. Tymoshenko said that this law will turn Ukraine into a plantation for the drug business. On 18 July 2023 Yulia Tymoshenko from the Batkivshchyna party handed over to military doctors a modern resuscitation vehicle for the needs of the

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. On 1 August 2023, the "Batkivshchyna" faction registered draft law No. 9550 in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which will allow to triple the allocation of funds for the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers. In September 2023, Batkivshchyna created a Temporary Special Commission (TSC) on the conditions of treatment of wounded soldiers, headed by Yulia Tymoshenko. At the end of September 2023, Batkivshchyna brought humanitarian aid for doctors in Toretsk and Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. On 15 November 2023, "Batkivshchyna" was accepted into the international association of political parties of the

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. On 25 April 2024, "Batkivshchyna" spoke in the parliament against the introduction of a accumulative pension system based on private pension funds in Ukraine. On 25 April 2024, the "Batkivshchyna" faction submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a resolution on the settlement of the issue of providing consular services to Ukrainians abroad. 12 July 2024, the Batkivshchyna party handed over 25 trucks with humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian military at the front. On 23 October 2024, the

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considered the submission of the "Batkivshchyna" party regarding the draft law on the land market. Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko spoke at the court. On 3 December 2024, the Batkivshchyna party prepared a submission to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and will challenge the laws that deprive the country of sovereignty. In particular, this concerns the formation of the Constitutional Court, the High Council of Justice, the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine, the High Qualification Commission, customs, etc. On 27 December 2024, Batkivshchyna filed a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine about a criminal offense in the actions of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, which put up for privatization the operating and profitable enterprise United Mining and Chemical Company. On 26 February 2025, people's deputies of the Batkivshchyna party paid a working visit to the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions and provided military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 30 April 2025, the Congress of the

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adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine, with the Batkivshchyna party among the initiators of the document.

Local elections 2020

According to the results of the CEC, Tymoshenko's party the Batkivshchyna which received 4093 deputy mandates (12.39%), became one of the party leaders in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections. 7.24% of the elected mayor of a village, town or city was a member of Batkivshchyna.

Ideology and stances

A comparative analysis of Batkivshchyna's election programs between 2002 and 2012 reveals some changes. However, the overall political orientation can be identified as weakly articulated, with a slight dominance of the "left" vector due to "left" statements belonging to the sphere of "social policy". Economically, the party developed the concept of "solidarism" as a third way between capitalism and socialism. The party is classified as overall centre-left by Razumkov Centre as well as political scientists such as Mats Öhlén of the

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. According to Öhlén, the party has a "clearly left-leaning party profile", and despite expressing both centre-left and centre-right stances, Batkivshchyna implemented a series leftist policies that were "hardly in line with a centre-right position". The party is a collection of different ideological groups and also includes socialist and social-democrats; Batkivshchyna also expressed interest in joining the

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, and shocked the pundits by eventually settling with the

instead. Batkivshchyna supports the social democratic model of the economy and advocates for significant social guarantees and the need to reduce the social polarization between the rich and poor in Ukraine. Additionally, the party also supports the introduction of a luxury tax, opposes privatization of state-owned enterprises as well as the agriculture. In regards to trade, the Batkivshchyna promotes a protectionist system that would protect national industries. The party manifesto archived in 2016 claims that it seeks to instill in Ukraine national, democratic, and Christian values, held together through reformation, spirituality, patriotism, national solidarity, responsibility, rights and freedoms. The party advocates transforming Ukraine into a competitive nation-state based on a western Europe model of justice and welfare. According to the party, only citizens of Ukraine will have the right to private ownership of land, but that "high concentration of land ownership by one person" will be forbidden.Electronic Bulletin "Your Choice – 2012". Issue 4: Batkivshchyna
The party sees Ukrainian membership in the

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(EU) as a strategic goal.Ukraine should become full member of EU, says manifest of Batkivschyna

(15 June 2013) It favors visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the EU and wants to "cancel humiliating visa regimes". It would like to see "a mutually beneficial and equitable agreement on the establishment of free trade with Russia". In June 2013, the party's parliamentary faction voted for the denunciation of the 2010 Ukrainian–Russian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty. The party's 2012 election program did not mention

,Ukraine's Opposition Program Requires Another Revolution
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(29 May 2012) but its 2014 program stated that the party wants to annul Ukraine's non-aligned statusTymoshenko says her party ready to join ruling coalition
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(29 October 2014) and that it wants Ukraine to become a member of NATO. The party wants to prosecute "Law enforcement involved in political repression". The party is in favor of

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elections with

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s. It Tymoshenko initiated a referendum on five issues: the supply of Ukrainian gas and nuclear electricity to the population with a 30% profitability; on the sale of agricultural land; on the sale of strategic property; the issue of legalization of cannabis; about the gambling business. The party wants to empower local governance. The party also states that government grants should be awarded to graduates who successfully passed testing for studies at Ukrainian universities. It proposes a

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that has mandatory health inspections and gradual development of a voluntary health insurance system funded by employers. The party wants to introduce

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s into the Ukrainian law system and wants to "depoliticise" the process of appointment of judges. It also wants an independent judiciary that will increase the role of the

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, "which has compromised itself with decisions that were ordered (by the Yanukovych administration)" should be liquidated. It wants the criminal code to be "Europeanized" and law enforcement brought under civil control. The party wants to improve

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. The party regards the

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as a

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of the Ukrainian nation. Before their removal of power in February 2014 the party sought to impeach former

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and his "anti-people regime" to "return Ukraine to the path of European integration", while trying to reverse the former Azarov Government policy of raising the status of the Russian language.Q&A:Ukrainian parliamentary election
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(23 October 2012) On 15 May 2016, "Fatherland" prepared a statement in the name of the new Prosecutor General in connection with offenses in the activities of the National Commission, which performs state regulation in the energy and utilities relative to the unjustified increase of gas prices for the population. On 23 May 2016 All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" launched a website called "Fair rates", which promotes the idea of establishing fair gas tariffs for the population. In the parliament, Batkivshchyna advocates ban on agricultural land sales. The party also insists on adopting laws on development of Ukrainian agriculture. On 31 March 2016, Parliament adopted the law on family farms initiated by the party Batkivshchyna. One of the party's priorities is improvement of social security of people, increasing of social standards. The party advocates decreasing of tariffs on housing and utility services for people, because they are set up too high artificially. On 21 April 2015, Yulia Tymoshenko initiated a working group to check the validity of utility tariffs. "Fatherland" party has made the reduction of tariffs for housing and communal services. Batkivshchyna advocates strengthening the struggle against corruption, namely deoffshorization and independence of anti-corruption government bodies. The party is also against selling and privatization of the state's strategic objects. On 1 March 2021, the "Fatherland" party in the Verkhovna Rada demanded to submit to parliament a draft law banning the import of electricity from Russia and Belarus. According to Tymoshenko, imports of Belarusian and Russian electricity threaten the country's national security.

Associated and merged parties

Associated in electoral block

* (2002–2012) Ukraine – Forward! as the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party * (2002–2006) Ukrainian Platform "Assembly" as the Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly" * (2002–2006) Ukrainian Republican Party (temporary merger with Assembly) * (2007–2012)

Reforms and Order Party Party Reform and Order () was a liberal political party in Ukraine.

Merged

* 2001 Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party * 2005–2007 (temporary) Party of Free Democrats as Apple * 2012

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, People's Self-Defense, Front for Change,

, For Ukraine!, Social Christian Party, Civil Position (members of this party were on its election list in the

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) * 2013

Reforms and Order Party Party Reform and Order () was a liberal political party in Ukraine.

and Front for ChangeSobolev: Front for Change and Reform and Order Party to join Batkivschyna

(11 June 2013)
Front for Change, Reforms and Order to dissolve for merger with Batkivshchyna – Sobolev
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References

External links

Official website

Dnipropetrovsk union website

Yulia Tymoshenko official website
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History

Early history

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

Batkivshchyna – United Opposition

2013 unification

Post Euromaidan 2014 parliamentary elections and split of People's Front

2015 local elections

2016–2017 local elections

2019 presidential election and parliamentary election

Parliamentary activity in the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation (2019 – present)

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Local elections 2020

Ideology and stances

Associated and merged parties

Associated in electoral block

Merged

See also

Notes

References

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