Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms

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Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms
Logo of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms
Vitali Klitschko
Party leader Vitali Klitschko
founding
  • March 14, 2005 with the name "European Capital"
  • February 21, 2009 renamed "Neues Land"
  • April 24, 2010 final renaming to "UDAR"
fusion August 28, 2015
(incorporated in: Block Petro Poroshenko (together with Solidarnist))
Headquarters Київ, Пушкінська вулиця 32-А (Kiev, Pushkinska vulyzja)
Alignment Center-Right - Liberalism
Pro- EU
Colours) White and red
Parliament seats
30/450
Number of members More than 32,000
International connections European People's Party (observer status)
Website klichko.org

The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform ( Ukrainian Український Демократичний Альянс за Реформи , acronym UDAR ., Ukr./rus for "Bounce") was a center - right liberal and EU -friendly party in the Ukraine . It was founded in 2010 by the professional boxer Vitali Klitschko , who also held the office of party chairman. The modernization of Ukraine and a rapprochement of the country with the EU were named as goals of UDAR. On August 28, 2015, UDAR united with the party of the President Bloc Petro Poroshenko (formerly Solidarnost). Vitali Klitschko became the chairman of the unified party.

History and election results

Predecessor parties and founding

For the Kiev mayoral elections in March 2006, the two parties closed Pora! and PRP an electoral alliance and determined Vitali Klitschko as the top candidate. The alliance was able to get 14 seats in the city ​​council , Klitschko was the second strongest candidate with 26% of the vote. However, the alliance quickly fell apart.

After allegations of corruption against the incumbent mayor of Kiev, the Verkhovna Rada ordered early city elections for May 2008. In these there was an electoral alliance of the parties "European Capital", "People's Movement of Ukraine" and "Ukrainian Social Democrats", who wanted to make Klitschko mayor again. Allianz received 15 seats on the city council, Klitschko only 17.9% of the vote.

The “European Capital” party was founded in March 2005 by the businessman Lev Parzchaladze ( Ukrainian Лев Ревазович Парцхаладзе ) and was politically insignificant until 2008. After she renamed herself “New Land” in 2009, Klitschko was elected party chairman at a party conference on April 24, 2010, and she was renamed “UDAR”. The name change became official in mid-July 2010.

Parliamentary elections 2012

For the parliamentary elections in 2012 , UDAR ran an intense campaign and clearly positioned itself as an opposition party. During the election campaign, Klitschko repeatedly distinguished himself clearly from the ruling Party of the Regions and from the Communist Party and explicitly ruled out cooperation with these parties after the elections. UDAR received 13.9% of the vote and entered the Verkhovna Rada with 40 MPs . This made the party the third largest parliamentary group.

Euromaidan

From the beginning of the protests in Ukraine in 2013 , the UDAR formed a three-party opposition alliance with the nationalist Svoboda party of Oleh Tjahnybok and the All-Ukrainian Association "Fatherland" of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko , which campaigned for the resignation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych .

General election 2014

In the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2014 , the party entered into an electoral alliance with the Petro Poroshenko bloc . UDAR had already supported Poroshenko in his election as president. Klitschko was the top candidate in the 2014 general election; other UDAR politicians also ran on the BPP list. The list became the second strongest party by votes, but received more seats in the Rada than the first-placed Popular Front due to constituency votes .

Association with Block Petro Poroshenko

On August 28, 2015, UDAR united with the party of President Petro Poroshenko . Vitali Klitschko was elected chairman of the new party and called on other parties to join the new alliance as well.

Support from the German federal government

Udar is supported by the German federal government and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation . Klitschko and his party received support from Angela Merkel , the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the EPP . According to SPIEGEL information, the objective was to "build up (to) build up Klitschko as a new strong man in Kiev - and thus (to) counteract the Kremlin's growing influence." The support consisted of logistics, training and joint appearances. Klitschko was also promised support by Christoph Heusgen , Chancellery Minister Ronald Pofalla and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle . With their training courses, EPP offices in Brussels and Budapest prepared members of the UDAR for parliamentary work and supported the establishment of a nationwide party structure. The Adenauer Foundation prepared Ukrainian opposition politicians for "assuming responsibility" as part of its " information and dialogue program ".

  • Results of the 2012 parliamentary elections

Web links

Commons : Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Історія партії (Ukrainian), ( German  history of the party )
  2. ^ André Ballin: Disoriented before the choice of direction. In: The Standard . October 26, 2012, accessed December 22, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Klitschko becomes head of the presidential party. In: The Standard . August 28, 2015, accessed August 31, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Каськів вирішив, що Кличко одноразовий. In: pravda.com.ua. April 17, 2006, Retrieved February 25, 2015 (Ukrainian).
  5. ↑ Vitali Klitschko announces second run for Kiev mayor. May 19, 2007, accessed February 25, 2015 .
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  8. ↑ New Country party renamed UDAR of Vitaliy Klitschko. Kyiv Post, July 13, 2010, accessed February 25, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Website of the Central Election Commission for the parliamentary elections 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ukrainian). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvk.gov.ua
  10. ↑ Website of the Central Election Commission for the parliamentary elections 2012 (English).
  11. ^ First success for the opposition. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 2, 2013, accessed December 22, 2013 .
  12. ^ Protests against the government in Ukraine. Vitali Klitschko calls on demonstrators to persevere. In: RP Online . December 2, 2013, accessed December 22, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Klitschko becomes head of the presidential party. In: The Standard . August 28, 2015, accessed August 31, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Article about UDAR on the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung website
  15. ↑ Jutta Sommerbauer: Elections in Ukraine: Klitschko's most difficult fight. In: The press . October 27, 2012, accessed December 22, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Ukraine: Merkel supports Klitschko. In: Zeit Online. December 8, 2013, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Merkel fights for Klitschko , SPON December 8, 2013.
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  19. ↑ Nikolaus Blome, Matthias Gebauer and Ralf Neukirch: EUROPA: A professional for round two . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 2013 ( online - December 9, 2013 ).