Ideology and Stances
UDAR tends to avoided sensitive and polarising subjects and focuses instead on popular topics, such as more empowerment to ordinary Ukrainians and a ruthless campaign against corruption, the indifference of the authorities, the lack of local governance, inequality, and poverty. The party wants to "unleash the power of the state and provide conditions for welfare".
The party is in favor of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union (EU). It has made no stance on a possible NATO membership of Ukraine.
UDAR wants to overcome social inequality with "the abandonment of the idea of cheap labor".
In education the party wants to bring education in Ukraine to "European standards" by "development of external testing and monitoring the quality of education". UDAR wants to to return to a 12-year compulsory secondary education with specialized training in the last two classes and three cycles of learning in higher education - bachelor's degree, master's degree and postgraduate. It also wants to guarantee autonomy of educational institutions by legislation.
The party wants to combat corruption in Ukraine with more transparency and the creation of an independent anticorruption agency.
UDAR wants to reduce the number of state agencies in order "to minimize the interaction of the citizen with an official". And it wants to simplify procedures for registering property. It wants to reducing the number of taxes from 23 to 7 and to generally simplify the taxing system. "Owners of the land for agricultural purposes" should only be citizens of Ukraine.
UDAR wants to abolish the privileges of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) and former Presidents of Ukraine. And to reduce benefits for current parliamentarians.
The party has pledged to "reboot" the court system, and "reinforce the control of the public over elections".
The party is in favor of holding Citizens' Initiative's after 150,000 signatures are collected. The party is in favor of elections with regional open lists. And Mayoral elections in two rounds. In local elections it favors a voting age of 16 (currently 18). It also wants to introduce in Ukraine a law on impeachment of the President of Ukraine.
The party wants to of simplify procedures for the establishment and registration of public and charitable organizations.
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