Unity – National Movement ( ka, ერთიანობა – ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, tr) is an informal politician coalition of

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. The coalition includes

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Strategy Aghmashenebeli Yes to Europe – Strategy Aghmashenebeli ( ka, კი ევროპას – სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი, tr), sometimes translated as Strategy Builder (named after the David IV of Georgia, King David IV o ...

, and

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. It was created prior to the

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, in which it received 10.2% and finished on 3rd place.

History

On 20 July 2023,

(UNM) and

(SA) announced the formation of a political coalition titled Victory Platform with the aim of unifying pro-Western opposition in Georgia and defeating

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and his ruling

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party in the upcoming 2024 parliamentary election. The alliance was later renamed to Unity - To Save Georgia (which was itself altered to Unity – National Movement) on 8 July 2024. The parties in the coalition are signatories to the

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initiated by the president

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that sets out goals for a possible future government. The leadership of the platform includes

Tina Bokuchava Tinatin "Tina" Bokuchava ( ka, თინათინ „თინა“ ბოკუჩავა; born 29 May 1983) is a Georgian politician who has served as a member of Parliament since 2012 and as Chair of the United National Movement since ...

, chairperson of UNM, and

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, chair of Strategy Agmashenebeli, as well as independent MPs

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and Armaz Akhvlediani. Sopo Japaridze, a representative of former president

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, also plays a role, alongside political scientist and professor Gia Japaridze and historian and writer Lasha Bakradze. Civic activists Ana Mosadze and Irakli Pavlenishvili, a member of UNM, are involved, along with Lasha Diarovi, leader of the youth wing of Strategy Agmashenebeli. Following an internal dispute and split within

(with departing members forming a new party called the

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), the remaining members of European Georgia joined Unity - National Movement. In the parliamentary election, the coalition received 10.2% and finished on 3rd place, being granted 16 seats in the Georgian parliament. It also became a second largest opposition faction in the parliament.

Members

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

Notes

References

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