Geography of Transcarpathian majoritarian deputies: which countries’ parliaments are chosen for cooperation

Each MP of Ukraine, in addition to factions or groups, can be a member of a group on interparliamentary relations with foreign states. Those are groups for cooperation with fellow parliamentarians abroad. So, which countries are in the interests of the six Transcarpathian majoritarian deputies?

Six Transcarpathian deputies in total are members of 16 groups on interparliamentary relations.    

Overall, according to the OPORA, the most popular countries for cooperation among the current parliamentarians are the US (139 members), China (90 members) and Germany (89 members).  

Only one of the six majoritarian deputies from Transcarpathian region is in the governing structure – it is Robert Horvat, he is the deputy co-chairman of the group on interparliamentary relations with Slovakia.

As for the membership of Transcarpathian deputies in specific groups, the situation is as follows.

Robert Horvat (constituency №68, center – Uzhgorod, faction "Bloc of Petro Poroshenko") is a member of the seven groups on interparliamentary relations: with the Czech Republic, the Republic of Iran, Romania, the People’s Republic of China, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic. In the latter group, as already mentioned, Robert Horvat is the deputy co-chair.

Victor Baloha (constituency №69, center – Mukachevo, unaffiliated) is a member of three groups of interparliamentary relations: with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Norway.

Mykhailo Lanyo (constituency №70, center – Svalyava, unaffiliated, a member of the party "Vidrodzhennya") is a member of four groups on interparliamentary relations: Belarus, the People’s Republic of China, the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Israel.

Pavlo Baloha (constituency №71, center – Khust, unaffiliated) is a member of two groups: on interparliamentary relations with the United Mexican States and the Republic of Slovenia.

Vasyl Petyovka (constituency №72, center – Tyachiv, unaffiliated, the group "Will of the People") is a member of the group on interparliamentary relations with the Republic of Korea (the country is better known by the name of South Korea).

Ivan Baloha (constituency №73, center – Vynogradiv, independent) is also a member of only one group on interparliamentary relations – with the Czech Republic.

Currently, no deputy of the Ukrainian parliament is a member of the groups on interparliamentary relations with Russia, Sri Lanka, Liechtenstein, Uruguay.