People's Will (parliamentary group)

People's Will (Ukrainian: Воля народу), formerly known as Sovereign European Ukraine (Ukrainian: Соборна європейська Україна), was a centrist, pro-Europe Ukrainian parliamentary faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada.

People's Will
Воля народу
LeaderYaroslav Moskalenko
FoundedFebruary 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)
DissolvedAugust 29, 2019 (2019-08-29)
HeadquartersVerkhovna Rada, Kyiv, Ukraine
IdeologyCentrism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Green
Verkhovna Rada
0 / 450
Website
volyanarodu.com.ua

History

Sovereign European Ukraine

The faction Sovereign European Ukraine was founded on 27 February 2014.[1] It was founded by MP Ihor Yeremeyev who had till then had not been a member of any faction.[2] The group included 35 MPs.[1] Most of them had been, like Yeremeyev, unaffiliated.[3][2] According to Yeremeyev not wanting a ministerial post had been one of the conditions that needed to be met to join the faction when it was established.[4]

On its first day the faction with 250 other MPs sign up to join the coalition supporting the Yatsenyuk Government with the Batkivshchyna, UDAR, Svoboda factions and the Economic Development faction and other MPs.[5]

The main policy aim of the faction were European integration and lustration, which is the purge of government officials associated with the past Communist system.[6][4]

People's Will

The parliamentary group was revived after the 2014 parliamentary elections in Ukraine by Yeremeyev; but was renamed "People's Will".[7] The new leader of the parliamentary group was again Yeremeyev.[8][7] Its initial strength was 20 MPs.[9] Late October 2016 the group counted 19 MPs.[10]

Following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the faction was not revived in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.[11]

Members
Verkhovna Rada
Year Party-list Constituency /total Overall seats won Seat change Government Ref
Popular vote  % Seats /total
February 2014 formed during legislative period
35 / 450
 [3]
October 2014 none 19/450
19 / 450
 Decrease 16 [3]

Leaders

See also

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) In the Council, a new group of 37 MPs, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 February 2014)
  2. (in Ukrainian) Yeremeyev: independent group formed "Sovereign European Ukraine" Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, TVi (channel) (27 February 2014)
  3. (in Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції і групи VII скликання Deputy fractions and Groups VII convocation, Verkhovna Rada
  4. (in Ukrainian) In Rada "Sovereign European Ukraine" created, RBC Ukraine (27 February 2014)
  5. 250 MPs sign up to join coalition - Turchynov, Interfax-Ukraine (27 February 2014)
  6. (in Ukrainian) In Rada "Sovereign European Ukraine" created, Korrespondent.net (27 February 2014)
  7. (in Ukrainian) In Parliament created a faction, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2014)
  8. MP Yeremeyev who fell from horse taken to European hospital - press service, Interfax-Ukraine(29 July 2015)
  9. (in Ukrainian) Dynamics in People's Will - VIII convocation, Verkhovna Rada
  10. (in Ukrainian) The "Will of the people" told when parliamentary group cease to exist, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 October 2016)
  11. "Рабінович очолив рейтинг прогульників Ради за пів року — ОПОРА".
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