United Montenegro (, UCG) is a

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political party in

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. Party founder and de facto political leader is

Goran Danilović Goran Danilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Даниловић, born in 1971 in Podgorica) is a Montenegrin politician, former member of Parliament of Montenegro and former Minister of Internal Affairs. In 2016 he was the fo ...

, former Minister of Interior Affairs in Government of Montenegro.

History

The United Montenegro was founded in September 2017 when the conservative faction of Democratic Alliance (DEMOS) led by party vice-president Goran Danilović split and formed a new political party due to disagreements with party leader

Miodrag Lekić Miodrag Lekić (; born 21 November 1947) is a Montenegrin political scientist, diplomat and politician. He is the founder and current president of the liberal conservative Democratic Alliance (DEMOS). Biography Early academic and political caree ...

. It currently has two representatives in the Parliament of Montenegro - both elected in 2016 from DEMOS-lead

Key Coalition The Key Coalition ( cnr, Коалиција Кључ / ''Koalicija Ključ'') was an opposition political alliance in Montenegro. It was composed of the Democratic Alliance (DEMOS), Socialist People's Party (SNP) and United Reform Action (URA). ...

electoral list. On 1 May 2019, the United Montenegro decided to sign an agreement with Socialist People's Party (SNP), Workers' Party (RP) and

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to form a new catch-all political alliance under the name For the Benefit of All (Da svako ima). Alliance eventually dissolved prior the parliamentary election in August 2020. In July 2020 United Montenegro, jointly with the Workers' Party and Independent group in the parliament (composed of former members of SNP and

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parties), agreed to form a new cultural conservative political alliance under the name Popular Movement (NP), employing a more significant

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and

socially conservative Social conservatism is a political philosophy and variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional power structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institution ...

discourse, supporting 2019-2020 clerical protests in Montenegro and

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

rights in Montenegro, continuing its activity within the joint electoral list with Democratic Front and the SNP.DF, SNP, Narodni pokret i Prava zajedno na izborima
Vijesti, 31 July 2020

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

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, support

References

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