We Alliance Մենք դաշինք | |
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| Leader | Aram Sargsyan Khachatur Kokobelyan[1][2] |
| Founded | 10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)[3] |
| Dissolved | 9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) |
| Headquarters | Yerevan |
| Ideology | Liberalism Pro-Europeanism Pro-Western[4] |
| Political position | Centre |
| Alliance of | Republic Party Free Democrats |
TheWe Alliance (Armenian:Մենք դաշինք,romanized: Menk’ dashink’) was a liberalpolitical alliance of twopolitical parties inArmenia: theRepublic Party and theFree Democrats.
The alliance was formed on 10 November 2018, leaders of both parties held a signing ceremony in Yerevan where a memorandum of cooperation was initialed.[5][6] In addition, several members of theArmenian Dream party decided to join the We Alliance. The alliance participated in the2018 Armenian parliamentary election, however they did not win any seats in theNational Assembly. The alliance received 2.0% of the popular vote and had 133 candidates up for election across the country.[7][8]
Despite the alliances loss, the leaders of both parties emphasized that the election was free and fair. Leaders also discussed the idea of both parties working together again in the future.[9][10]
Both parties are considerably pro-European and have called for closer relations andintegration between Armenia and theEuropean Union. During the election campaign, the Free Democrats advocated that Armenia should withdraw its membership from theEurasian Economic Union and pursue closer relations with the EU.[11] The party also advocated for visa-free travel for Armenian citizens to the EU'sSchengen Area. The Republic Party also campaigned on the platform that Armenia should withdraw from the Eurasian Union and theCollective Security Treaty Organization. The party supports Armenia's eventualaccession to the EU, but stressed that it is notanti-Russian.[12]
The alliance also supported the development of a Western styledemocracy, rule of law and a sustainable civil society in Armenia as well as developing a strongerliberal market economy.[13][14][15]
