Democratic Alliance (,

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: Демократический альянс) is a pro-European

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, registered in September 2011, formed on a basis of an anti-corruption platform and Young Christian Democrats of Ukraine NGO.Basic data
DA-TAПолітична партія "Демократичний альянс"
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History

Before becoming a political party, ''Democratic Alliance'' was a youth organization. The objective of the organization was "to form a new

Christian-democratic Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well a ...

, responsible, patriotic-oriented social and political elite of the country through the creation of conditions for the development, improvement and implementation of youth". The party has organized protests against

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and fraudДержавні реєстратори хочуть закрити борців з "Нафтогазом"

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(May 8, 2012) and it took part in the

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protests. Because of its involvement in various protests the party claimed that in May 2012 the

attempted to eliminate its registration as a legal political party. Members of the party have been arrested while taking part in protests. Two party members were shot dead by Ukrainian security forces while participating in the deadly

protests of February 2014. The party did not participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections. During the

protest movement, the party played an active role. In early June 2014, the Democratic Alliance denied membership to

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activist Bohdan Globa because the party did not believe he shared the view "that family is made up of a man and a woman" with the party.Democratic Alliance denies membership to LGBT activist

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(4 June 2014) Early September 2014, it was established that the party would participate in the 2014 parliamentary election on the partly list of

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. For elections in single mandate constituencies, both parties participated separately. In the election this combined party list failed to clear the 5%

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(it got 3.1% of the votes) and also both parties did not win a constituency seat and thus (both) no parliamentary seats.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
,

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(8 November 2014)
People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC
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(8 November 2014)
Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC

(8 November 2014) In the

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(3 June 2014)
60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR

(4 June 2014)UDAR has 75% of the constituencies in Kyivrada

(3 June 2014)
60% of the new Kyivrada is filled by UDAR

(4 June 2014) In the

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the party lost its seats in the Kyiv City Council (it scored 4.56% of the vote). The party won 27 seats in the (other)

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. In this election it did relatively well in the

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. In August 2016 high-profile Ukrainian MPs

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Serhiy Leshchenko Serhiy Leshchenko (, 30 August, 1980) is a Ukrainian ex-journalist, politician and public figure, Member of Parliament ( 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada). From 2002 until 2014, Leshchenko worked as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief and as a special cor ...

and

Mustafa Nayyem Mustafa Masi Nayyem (, ; born June 28, 1981) is an Afghan- Ukrainian journalist, MP, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics, and public figure who was influential in sparking the Euromaidan in Ukraine. Since January 2023 Nayyem had been the hea ...

from the

Petro Poroshenko Bloc European Solidarity (, ; , YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in various forms as a political outlet for Petro Poroshenko. The party with its the ...

joined to Democratic Alliance. From Autumn 2015 until June 2016 they and the leadership of Democratic Alliance had been part of an attempt to form a political party around then

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with members of the parliamentary group

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, Democratic Alliance and possibly

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until this projection collapsed in June 2016. On 9 October 2018, Democratic Alliance and Self Reliance announced they would support

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Mayor

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as their joint candidate in the

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. On 1 March 2019 Sadovyi decided to withdraw from the election to support the candidacy of

Anatoliy Hrytsenko Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko (; born 25 October 1957) is a Ukrainian politician, independent deputy of the 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, former Minister of Defence, and member of the Our Ukraine political party and leader of the Civil Posi ...

. (Hrytsenko did not proceed to the second round of the election; in the first round he placed fifth with 6.91% of the votes.) Democratic Alliance did not participate in the

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. In the

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the party nominated 155 candidates,Small biography on Democratic Alliance

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but none won a seat.

Political positions

According to party leader Vasyl Gatsko "Democratic Alliance is a

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party".Democrats in a new way: a report from Congress 'Democratic Alliance'

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(10 July 2016) Democratic Alliance's platform calls for democracy and social justice, and for a society "based on human values, upholding the priority of human rights and freedoms". The party is

pro-European Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).Krisztina Arató, Petr Kaniok (editors). ''Euroscepticism and European Integration''. Pol ...

and

anti-corruption Anti-corruption (or anticorruption) comprises activities that oppose or inhibit corruption. Just as corruption takes many forms, anti-corruption efforts vary in scope and in strategy. A general distinction between preventive and reactive measur ...

. The party wants to improve Ukrainian democracy,EuroMaidan activists leave fledgling Maidan Civic Council

(10 January 2014) make laws that ensure that

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and

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enforce the law fairly and change public opinion in

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and

eastern Ukraine Eastern Ukraine or East Ukraine (; ) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the Dnipro (or Dnieper) river, particularly Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts (provinces). Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts are often also regarded as ...

. The party opposes

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...

s as Gatsko explained "Our position is that family is made up of a man and a woman". The party is popular among young voters.

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* {{Euromaidan 2011 establishments in Ukraine Christian democratic parties in Europe Christian political parties in Ukraine Euromaidan Political parties established in 2011 Political parties in Ukraine Pro-European political parties in Ukraine

History

Political positions

See also

References

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