- •7.030507, 8.030507 – Переклад
- •Vocabulary – 1
- •Government
- •Vocabulary – 2
- •Parliament
- •Vocabulary – 3
- •Political Parties of Great Britain
- •Vocabulary – 4
- •Parliamentary Election
- •Vocabulary – 5
- •Exercises
- •United kingdom Government
- •The election system
- •The house of commons
- •Picture
- •Вестминстер и телекамеры
- •Палата общин и Британский парламент
- •Glossary
- •The political system of the united states of america
- •Government of the United States
- •Vocabulary – 1
- •Principles of American government
- •Vocabulary – 2
- •Three branches of power
- •Vocabulary – 3
- •How a bill becomes a law
- •If passed by one house,
- •If 2/3 majority in each house agrees, Bill becomes a Law
- •If Congress stays in session, Bill becomes a Law in 10 days
- •The executive branch
- •Vocabulary – 4
- •The judicial branch
- •Vocabulary – 5
- •Checks and Balances
- •Vocabulary – 6
- •Supreme court (judicial branch)
- •Exercises
- •Конгрес
- •Верховний суд сша
- •Glossary
- •The political system of ukraine Ukraine: general information
- •Party System of Ukraine
- •Vocabulary – 1
- •Government
- •Vocabulary – 2
- •Ukrainian Parliament
- •Vocabulary – 3
- •Politics and Political Parties
- •Vocabulary – 4
- •Transition to independence
- •Vocabulary – 5
- •Vocabulary – 6
- •The Constitutional Court of Ukraine (on the basis of Articles 147-153 of the Constitution of Ukraine)
- •Vocabulary – 7
- •Exercises
- •Про бідний Кабмін замолвіть хоч слово
- •Definition of “political party”
- •Glossary
- •Political systems
- •Three branches of power
- •Political parties
- •Resource pack Supplemenatry Texts for Rendering and Discussion
- •History of Cabinet
- •Change of meeting day
- •Powers of Cabinet
- •Cabinet Committees and Cabinet Secretariat
- •History of the Building
- •Entertaining at Number 10
- •Ministerial responsibility
- •Constitution of the United States (1787)
- •Політичні партії у Сполучених Штатах Америки
- •Партія регіонів
- •Партія “Батьківщина”
- •Barak obama’s inauguration speech
- •Інаугураційна промова віктора януковича
- •Constitution of the united states
- •Конституція україни
- •Розділ I
- •Розділ II
- •Розділ III
- •Розділ IV
- •Розділ V
- •Розділ VI
- •Розділ VII
- •Розділ VIII
- •Розділ IX
- •Розділ X
- •Розділ XI
- •Розділ XII
- •Розділ XIII
- •Розділ XIV
- •Розділ XV
- •7.030507, 8.030507 – Переклад
- •61000, Україна, Харків, мсп, вул. Лермонтовська, 27.
Ukrainian Parliament
The highest legislative unit of the Ukrainian government is the unicameral Supreme Council of Ukraine (the Verkhovna Rada). It has 450 members, who are elected by the voters to terms of four years. Whereas in the past these members were elected to represent various institutions and the general population from a single slate of candidates put forward by the Communist Party of Ukraine, in March 1990 the first multicandidate, multiparty elections were held. During the Soviet period the legislature met only twice a year for a few days to approve budgetary and other proposals passed by its Presidium and the Council of Ministers; the Supreme Soviet has now assumed an active role in debating proposed laws and in shaping the policies of the Ukrainian government. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, which is elected by the Soviet from among its members, consists of a chairman, two vice-chairmen, a secretary, and 15 members; it acts for the council between sessions. Until recently, the Presidium exercised both executive and legislative powers, but, after the election of the president of Ukraine (Dec. 1, 1991) by the general population, the executive and legislative powers were separated.
Vocabulary – 3
English variant |
Ukrainian variant |
Russian variant |
Unicameral |
Однопалатний |
Однопалатный |
Presidium |
Президія |
Президиум |
The Council of Ministers |
Рада міністрів |
Совет министров |
Chairman |
Голова |
Председатель |
Vice-chairman |
Заступник голови |
Заместитель председателя |
Parliamentary democracy |
Парламентська демократія |
Парламентская демократия |
Contested elections |
Вибори, правильність яких заперечується |
Выборы, правильность которых оспаривается |
Deputy |
Депутат |
Депутат |
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Politics and Political Parties
In the late 1980s, when the Communist Party began to lose influence, the first non-communist political groups appeared. However, the Communist Party was Ukraine’s only legal party until its constitutional monopoly was abolished in 1990. The Communist Party was banned from 1991 to 1993, but by 1994 it was Ukraine’s largest party. More than 40 political parties were officially registered in the mid-1990s, most of which had only several thousand members. Ukraine’s entire party system is poorly developed, and its political parties lack local organisation and grassroots support. The electoral system allows workers’ collectives to nominate candidates for the legislature, thus weakening the role of parties in the electoral process. As a result, 114 of the legislature’s members elected in 1998 had no party affiliation. Of the parties represented in the 1998 elections to the legislature, the Communist Party won the most seats, while the People’s Movement of Ukraine, known as Rukh, won the second largest number of seats. In general, Ukraine’s political parties fall into four categories: extreme nationalists, such as the Ukrainian National Assembly; moderate nationalists, such as Rukh, the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, and the Ukrainian Republican Party; centrists, such as the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; and the left, such as the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Peasants’ Party of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Socialist Party.