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Not to be confused with European Party of Armenia.
European Party of Ukraine
Європейська партія України
AbbreviationYePU
LeaderViktor Vasuliuk[1]
FounderMykola Katerynchuk
Founded3 August 2006; 19 years ago (2006-08-03)[2]
HeadquartersKyiv
IdeologySocial liberalism[3]
Liberalism
Political positionCentre
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Colours  Blue
Verkhovna Rada
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Regions[4]
39 / 43,122
Party flag
Website
http://www.epu.in.ua/

The European Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Європейська партія України) is a Ukrainian political party registered by the Ministry of Justice on 3 August 3 2006. Its ideology is social liberalism.[3]

History

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Foundation

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The date of registration of the European Party of Ukraine by the Ministry of Justice is 3 August 2006.[2] The first party leader was Mykola Moskalenko, and Victor Zavalnyy was his deputy. Since September 2007, Mykola Katerynchuk has been the leader of the party.

2007 parliamentary election

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The European Party joined the single bloc of national democratic parties, Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, for the snap 2007 parliamentary election.[2] Mykola Katerynchuk was included as the number 5 in the bloc's list for the election.[5] He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada, after the bloc received 14,15% and 72 seats total in the snap election.

2008 parliamentary election

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During the 2008 Kyiv local election the party was part of Mykola Katerynchuk Bloc that won 3.47% of the votes and 5 seats in the Kyiv City Council.[6][7] Mykola Katerynchuk ran for the position Mayor of Kyiv, finishing 5th overall with 4,44% of the vote.

2010 presidential and local elections

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During the 2010 presidential election, the European Party of Ukraine has endorsed Yulia Tymoshenko.[8]

During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections, the party has won no seats in any Oblast Council. Its biggest success was winning a single seat in the of Lutsk City Council.[9] According to the results, the European Party of Ukraine has won a total of 150 seats in lower level councils.

2012 parliamentary election

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In October 2008, the party intended to run in the 2012 parliamentary election as part of any electoral coalition, and was holding negotiations with the Lytvyn Bloc, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Vitali Klitschko (in case he would participate in the elections independently) and other political forces.[10] In August 2011, the party announced it would merge with the Civil Position.[11] However, later, the Civil Position would run on list of the Batkivshchyna, together with several other parties, during the 2012 parliamentary elections.[12][13][14][15][16][17] In these elections, YePU party leader, Mykola Katerynchuk, was re-elected in a 13th electoral district in Vinnytsia Oblast as a Batkivshchyna candidate.[18][19][20][21] In the same election, the party was running candidates in 5 constituencies under its own name (Vinnytsia Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Poltava Oblast and Sumy Oblast; the party did not participate in the elections in the national multi-mandate electoral district),[22][23] but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation.[22][24] When several parties, that had competed under the Batkivshchyna umbrella in 2012, merged into the latter in June 2013[25], YePU decided to remain as a separate party.[26]

2014 parliamentary election

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The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[22][27] Katerynchuk was running for re-election in the 13th electoral district as a candidate of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, but has lost to an independent candidate, Petro Yurchyshyn, who received 44,79% of the vote, compared to the 41.29% won by Katerynchuk.[28]

2019 presidential and parliamentary election

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The party has supported the candidacy of Anatoliy Hrytsenko for the 2019 presidential election.[29] Katerynchuk became Hrytsenko's legal advisor in the latter's election headquarters in December 2018.[29] In that election, Hrytsenko did not proceed to the second round, placing fifth with 6,91% of the votes.[30]

The party did not take part in the parliamentary election being held the same year.[22] Mykola Katerynchuk, however, became a candidate in the list of the Civil Position, being placed in the top five. Civil Position would receive just 1.04% of the vote and no parliamentary representation.[31][32]

Party structure

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Leader

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Party leader is Mykola Katerynchuk, the people's deputy of Ukraine (2002–2014). In 2004, he defended the interests of presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, at the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

Governing bodies

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  • Party congress (convenes no less than once every two years; defines the party strategy and chooses its leader).
  • Party council (held every one or two months).
  • Party central executive committee (provides organizational, informational, analytical and resource support of the party; provides practical implementation of the party central executive bodies’ decisions, orders and instructions of its leader).
  • Party conferences and executive committees at the primary level of the local party organizations. 

Ideology

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The party adheres to the basic principles of social liberalism, according to that the state should intervene into economic processes to fight monopoly and maintain a competitive market environment. The society should have legitimate reasons if the income does not meet the contribution of a person to the common good, to withdraw some of this income through taxes and redistribute it for social needs. Improving the living conditions of the poorest strata of society will contribute to the growth of the internal market and economic growth.[3]

Goals and priorities of the Party

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  • Integration of Ukraine into Europe as a single territory without internal borders and barriers with free flow of work force and financial resources.
  • Approximation of Ukraine's living standards to European ones by implementing systemic reforms.
  • Support of the course of the European Union as an institution founded on fundamental liberal principles of freedom, democracy and rule of law.
  • Environmental protection and use of alternative sources of energy.
  • Conducting educational campaigns and legislative initiatives aimed at preventing gender discrimination.
  • Organization of educational events for young people to make them aware of the history of creation and the basics of activity of the EU institutions, ideas of the leading liberal ideologues and thinkers, as well as the peculiarities of the European integration of Ukraine.

European vector of activity

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  • Support to signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
  • Simplification of the visa regime for citizens of Ukraine with the EU.
  • Promotion of European integration of Ukraine.
  • Adaptation of European experience in different areas of social and political life in Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ "Керівництво - Европейская Партия Украины Европейская Партия Украины". Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  2. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Політична партія "Європейська партія України", Database ACD
  3. ^ a b c "Програма". Европейская Партия Украины. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  4. ^ Обрані депутати місцевих рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. ^ "ПОВНИЙ СПИСОК БЛОКУ "НАША УКРАЇНА-НАРОДНА САМООБОРОНА"". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  6. ^ Two Deputies Of Kyiv Council Create Faction Of Katerynchuk Bloc, Kyiv Post (November 27, 2008)
  7. ^ KYIV ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLISHES FINAL RESULTS OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATION OF VOTES ON ELECTIONS TO KYIV CITY COUNCIL, Interfax-Ukraine (May 28, 2008)
  8. ^ European Party gives its support to Tymoshenko in presidential race Archived December 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (December 4, 2009)
  9. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
  10. ^ "Official website news 13 October 2008". Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.
  11. ^ Ukrainian Opposition Parties Mull Possible Coordination, Alliances, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (August 29, 2011)
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Соціально-християнська партія вирішила приєднатися до об'єднаної опозиції, Den (newspaper) (24 April 2012)
  13. ^ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
    (in Ukrainian) "ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ В РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ", Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)
    Yatseniuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition, Kyiv Post (7 April 2012)
  14. ^ (in Ukrainian) Tymoshenko and Yatsenyuk united ("Тимошенко та Яценюк об'єдналися"), Ukrayinska Pravda (23 April 2012)
  15. ^ Civil Position party joins Ukraine's united opposition, Kyiv Post (20 June 2012)
  16. ^ Ukrainian opposition parties agree to form single list for 2012 elections, Kyiv Post (23 January 2012)
  17. ^ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections, Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
  18. ^ They Call Themselves the Opposition, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012)
  19. ^ Mykola Katerynchuk is running for MP in the 13th majoritarian district Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Parties official website (21 August 2012)
  20. ^ (in Ukrainian) Список депутатів нової Верховнсї Ради, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012)
  21. ^ "CEC results". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  22. ^ a b c d "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  23. ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
  24. ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
  25. ^ Sobolev: Front for Change and Reform and Order Party to join Batkivschyna, Interfax-Ukraine (11 June 2013)
    Front for Change, Reforms and Order to dissolve for merger with Batkivshchyna - Sobolev Archived July 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (11 June 2013)
  26. ^ "Європейська партія Катеринчука не поспішає в обійми "Батьківщини"" [European Party Katerinchuka not rushing into the arms of "Fatherland"]. Newspaper in Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2013.
    Batkivschyna demands Hrytsenko resign as MP, Interfax-Ukraine (18 June 2013)
  27. ^ Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  28. ^ (in Ukrainian) Candidates and winners for the seat of the constituency 13 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, RBK Ukraine
  29. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) The team of Gritsenko was replenished by two Nikolajs, Ukrayinska Pravda (17 December 2018)
  30. ^ (in Ukrainian) Results of the presidential election in 2019. The first round, Ukrayinska Pravda (31 March 2019)
  31. ^ "Гриценко представив свій список, в ньому майже 170 людей". Українська правда.
  32. ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
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