United for Macedonia

Conservative political party in North Macedonia

United for Macedonia (Macedonian: Обединети за Македонија, Obedineti za Makedonija) is a political party in North Macedonia. It was founded by Ljube Boškoski, a former interior minister and former member of the conservative VMRO-DPMNE.

History

After having been acquitted of all charges against him at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Ljube Boškoski returned to Macedonia on 11 July 2008. After disagreements with the new leadership of his party, VMRO-DPMNE, he decided to participate in the 2009 presidential elections as an independent candidate and at the end of May 2009 formed his own party, United for Macedonia.

In the 2011 parliamentary elections, United for Macedonia won 17,081 votes, but did not win a single seat. Then the party entered into a coalition with VMRO-NP and Dignity under the name "VMRO for Macedonia" and won roughly 25,000 votes in the 2016 parliamentary elections, but again did not win a parliamentary seat.

In the 2020 parliamentary elections, United for Macedonia is in the broad coalition We can and is part of the government.

In the 2024 parliamentary elections, United for Macedonia is in the broad coalition with VMRO-DPMNE for Your Macedonia.

President of the Youth organization United Youth for Macedonia is Gjorgji Stankovski.

Ideology

According to the party itself, its ideology is European, progressive, center-right, people's party, because it accepts European standards and sees the future of North Macedonia in Europe and the party in the family of center-right, conservative parties. The party cooperates with the European Conservatives and Reformists.

References

^ Chomovski, Aleksandar (2009-05-29). Trajkovska, Aleksandra (ed.). ""Обединети за Македонија" - нова партија во Македонија". DW-World (in Macedonian).

Political parties in North Macedonia

We Can
(40 seats)

MPs	SDSM (31) Serbian Party in Macedonia (1) VMRO – People's Party (1) New Social Democratic Party (2) Liberal Democratic Party (2) POPGM (1) Democratic Party of Turks (1) Party for the Movement of the Turks in Macedonia (1) Independent (2)
Without MPs	Party for a European Future New Alternative Party for Economic Changes 21 Social and Economic Progress Party Party of Pensioners United Party for Roma Equality Union of Roma in Macedonia Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Roma Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia

Renewal
(43 seats)

MPs	VMRO-DPMNE (38) Socialist Party of Macedonia (2) Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia (1) Roma United by Macedonia (1) Party of United Democrats of Macedonia (1)
Without MPs	Dignity MAAK – Conservative Party – Macedonian Action Union of Tito's Left Forces New Liberal Party Workers-Peasant Party from Macedonia Democratic Bosniak Party Party of the Democratic Action of Macedonia Roma Democratic Forces Roma Integration Party Democratic Party of Roma Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia Movement for National Unity of the Turks in Macedonia Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia United for Macedonia

MPs