Talk:Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

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Would anyone object to moving this page to Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc? It seems like a more natural translation, and is more meaningful alphabetically. —Michael Z. 2005-01-24 16:52 Z

It should have the same spelling as the lady's own page. There don't seem to be clear transliteration guidelines for Ukranian and really the "most common spelling in the English media" is the best location for pages such as Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych. Timrollpickering 12:12, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Affiliation Question

Just a question. If the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc is Center-Left, why is it a member of the Center-Right European People's Party? I was just wondering that. I mean, I know Yulia Tymoshenko has stated that the party is based on Social Democracy, but one of the three main component parties is a right-wing party, they're members of the EPP, and most of the leaders her website has her pictured with are conservatives (Condoleeza Rice, Margaret Thatcher, Benjamin Netanyahu, etc.) Just wondering. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.50.151.8 (talk) 01:03, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Eastern Europeans do not view "left and right" the same way as people in Western Europe and North America would. It is kind of hard to explain. Starzaz (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess. I was just wondering, though, seeing as she has associated w/ all the people mentioned above (that was my post, by the way, just before I had an account) and she did speak at CPAC (not sure what year though). In the picture of her speaking at the CPAC, you can clearly see conservative radio host Laura Ingrahm on one side of her and former Rep/House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) on the other. SpudHawg948 (talk) 10:49, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

She was just seeking support I guess, if The Democrats would have invited her she would have stood next too Ted Kennedy. We Europeans don't even have party's as conservative as the US politic party's, even The Democrats would be right wing here (all over Europe). Don't know Laura Ingrahm but I already know she didn't read the BYuT program :) BTW I saw photo's of Yulia where she stood next too Hillary Clinton (on Yulyu's official site) Mariah-Yulia (talk) 20:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yulia Tymoshenko's Parliamentary election

In 2005 Yulia was not elected Prime-minister she was appointed by the President. In 2006 the method of appointment was changed and Ukraine became a parliamentary democracy and the prime-minister for the first time was elected by the parliament.

In 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko received a swing of 8.24% in comparison their 2006 vote. Most of the swing (if not all) came as a result of consolidation of the vote in regions in which BYuT already was the leading party. This never the less was an impressive swing to her party. offical statistics, published by the Ukrainian Electoral Authority, indicate that most of the swing came from minor parties and a swing away from the Socialist Party and to a lesser exett Our Ukraine. In 2007, 27% of voters supported minor parties that received less then the 3% minimum threshold required. In 2007 minor parties (including the Socialist party on 2.86%) represented only 7% of the overall vote.