Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine)
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| Leader | Dr. Volodymyr Stretovych |
| Founded | 1997 (Christian People's Union) 2003 (CDU) |
| Headquarters | Vul. B. Khmelnytskoho 3-A UA-01001 Kyiv |
| Political Ideology | Christian Democracy, Conservatism |
| International Affiliation | Christian Democrat and People's Parties International |
| European Affiliation | {{{european}}} |
| European Parliament Group | {{{europarl}}} |
| Colours | Cherry and White |
| Website | http://www.hds.org.ua
http://www.hdsosessa.org.ua http://www.hds.mykolayiv.com http://www.hds-kharkiv.org.ua http://www.cdakharkov.boom.ru http://www.panko.org.ua |
| See also | Politics of Austria |
The Christian Democratic Union (ukr. Християнсько-демократичний союз) is a political party in Ukraine.
It was created on February, 8, 1997 in Kyiv, Ukraine, after the name Christian People's Union, to promote the ideas of European Christian democracy in Ukraine. In March 2002, the CPU in alliance Our Ukraine led by the present President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, won the parliamentary elections. In the 4th Congress of CPU in 2003 three parties united with it (Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine, Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party and All-Ukrainian Union of Christians), forming a new party on the base of CPU - Christian Democratic Union. A well-known Ukrainian lawyer, Dr. Volodymyr Stretovych became the CDU's president. At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance. It was a serious discussion in the party as to whom must it form an alliance with. Many Christian democrats thought it would be better Christian Democratic Union to participate in elections without any alliance. But the party united one more time with governmental alliance Our Ukraine, although it doesn't have ministries in Yulia Tymoshenko's nor in Yuri Yekhanurov's governments.
The CDU's newspaper is Християнський демократ (Christian democrat).
On December 2, 2002, in Athens, Greece the party became a member of Christian Democrat and People's Parties International. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the European People's Party.
There are three principles of CDU - Justice, Solidarity and Responsibility. In economy the party supports a free market on the base of private propriety and honest competition, but also an active social regulating of economy. In social politics - a right for free education and medicine, an address help to those in need. In international politics - a Ukraine's membership in European Union and NATO.
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Parties: Party of Regions (186) • All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland • Ukrainian Social Democratic Party • People's Union Our Ukraine • Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs • People's Movement • Christian Democratic Union • Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly • Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists • Socialist Party (33) Communist Party (21) • Progressive Socialist Party • Rus'-Ukrainian Union • People's Party • Party of All-Ukrainian Union of the Left "Justice" • Ukrainian Peasant Democratic Party • Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs • Political Party Cathedral Ukraine Ukrainian People's Party • Viche • Pora • Reforms and Order Party United Social Democratic Party • Republican Party • Women for the Future • All-Ukrainian Union Center
Political Blocs: Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc (129) • Our Ukraine (81) • People's Opposition Bloc of N. Vitrenko • Lytvyn's People's Bloc • Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak"
