People's Will (), formerly known as Sovereign European Ukraine (), was a centrist, pro-Europe Ukrainian parliamentary faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada.
History Sovereign European Ukraine The faction Sovereign European Ukraine was founded on 27 February 2014. In the Council, a new group of 37 MPs, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 February 2014) It was founded by MP Ihor Yeremeyev who had till then had not been a member of any faction. Yeremeyev: independent group formed "Sovereign European Ukraine" , TVi (channel) (27 February 2014) The group included 35 MPs. Most of them had been, like Yeremeyev, unaffiliated. 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.
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.250 MPs sign up to join coalition - Turchynov, Interfax-Ukraine (27 February 2014)
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. In Rada "Sovereign European Ukraine" created, Korrespondent.net (27 February 2014) In Rada "Sovereign European Ukraine" created, RBC Ukraine (27 February 2014)
People's Will The parliamentary group was revived after the 2014 parliamentary elections in Ukraine by Yeremeyev; but was renamed "People's Will". In Parliament created a faction, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2014) The new leader of the parliamentary group was again Yeremeyev.MP Yeremeyev who fell from horse taken to European hospital - press service, Interfax-Ukraine(29 July 2015) Its initial strength was 20 MPs. Dynamics in People's Will - VIII convocation, Verkhovna Rada Late October 2016 the group counted 19 MPs. The "Will of the people" told when parliamentary group cease to exist, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 October 2016)
Following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election the faction was not revived in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.
Members + Verkhovna Rada Year Party-list Constituency /total Overall seats won Seat change Government Ref Popular vote % Seats /total February 2014formed during legislative period Iatseniouk 1 Депутатські фракції і групи VII скликання Deputy fractions and Groups VII convocation, Verkhovna Rada October 2014none 19/450 16
Leaders 2014–2015: Ihor Yeremeyev 2015–2019: Yaroslav Moskalenko
See also Petro Dyminskyi (WOG (gas stations), Karpaty Lviv, Western Information Corporation ZIK)
References
External links Official website