Interfactional Union "Eurooptimists"

The Interfactional Union "Eurooptimists" (Ukrainian: Міжфракційне об'єднання "Єврооптимісти", Mizhfraktsiine ob’iednannia "Yevrooptymisty") is an association of people's deputies (members of parliament) of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. It was established in Kiev on 3 February 2015.

Interfactional Union "Eurooptimists"
Co-CoordinatorsOlena Sotnyk
Alyona Shkrum
Oleksii Mushak
FoundedFebruary 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
IdeologyPro-Europeanism
Seats in the
Verkhovna Rada
25 / 450

The group aims to promote ties between Ukraine and the European Union by reaffirming the Ukrainian Eurointegration course, and by ensuring the effective implementation of the Ukraine–EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.[1]

In the autumn of 2015 attempts and negotiations started to form a political party around then Governor of Odessa Oblast Mikheil Saakashvili and members of the parliamentary group "Eurooptimists", Democratic Alliance and possibly Self Reliance this projection collapsed in June 2016.[2] In August 2016 "Eurooptimists" Svitlana Zalishchuk, Serhiy Leshchenko and Mustafa Nayyem from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc joined to Democratic Alliance instead.[3]

Members

The Interfactional Union "Eurooptimists" consists of 25 deputies (8 from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, 2 from the People's Front, 6 from Self Reliance, and 5 from Fatherland and 4 non-affiliated):[4][5]

References
  1. "5 "Eurooptimists" and other colleagues from parliament and members of the public have signed a memorandum of European integration". EuroOptimists (in Ukrainian). Twitter. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. "Difficulties of ambition. Why young politicians can not agree on a single party". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. A new party for Ukraine’s euro-optimists? Archived 26 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, openDemocracy (15 August 2016)
  4. ""Young deputies" created the union "Eurooptimists" in the Rada". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. "In the Verkhovna Rada, the Interfactional Union "Eurooptimists" was created" (in Ukrainian). Union "Self Reliance". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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