National Union for the Progress of Amathia
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National Union for the Progress of Amathia Ⱆⱀⰹⱆⱀⰵⰰ Ⱀⰰⱌⰹⱁⱀⰰⰾⱐ ⱂⰵⱀⱅⱃⱆ Ⱂⱃⱁⰳⱃⰵⱄⱆⰾ Ⰰⰿⰰⱚⰹⰵⰹ Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul Amathiei | |
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| Abbreviation | ⰖⰐⰒⰀ UNPA |
| Leader | Mihael Vătaru |
| Founded | June 20, 2016 |
| Split from | Constitutional-Democratic Union |
| Ideology | Right-wing populism Populism Social Conservatism Protectionism |
| Political position | Center-right Big tent |
| Colors | Lion |
The National Union for the Progress of Amathia (Amathian: Ⱆⱀⰹⱆⱀⰵⰰ Ⱀⰰⱌⰹⱁⱀⰰⰾⱐ ⱂⰵⱀⱅⱃⱆ Ⱂⱃⱁⰳⱃⰵⱄⱆⰾ Ⰰⰿⰰⱚⰹⰵⰹ, tr. Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul Amathiei), abbreviated as the U.N.P.A (Ⱆ.Ⱀ.Ⱂ.Ⰰ.), is an Amathian right-wing populist party founded in Amathia by the former Amathian Prime Minister Mihael Vătaru in 2016, after Vătaru and his faction were excluded from the Constitutional-Democratic Union for their attempt to change Amathia's electoral laws through a series of Emergency Ordinances. The UNPA considers itself to be a completely new political force - and the only movement able to tackle the country's political instability and strong factionalism.
The UNPA was founded as an anti-establishment party, but has often been accused of merely being a populist force, lacking any sort of concrete ideology, and the party has been notorious for its frequent change of positions, abandoning its previously strong rhetoric against all major Amathian political parties when it joined the government coalition led by the Center Front in 2018. Certain members of the party are also well known for their radical views, including support for administrative detention, a ban on certain Preidan religious practices, and for supporting the centralization of Amathia into a unitary state in order to protect the "Amathian spirit." At the same time however, the UNPA has not expressed any strong Euclosceptic views, instead pushing for Amathia to play a bigger and more aggressive role in Euclean politics. The UNPA is also often considered to be more of a political cult than an actual political party, with the movement's voters being loyal to Vătaru first and second to his party.
The UNPA is currently the fourth largest political party in the Amathian Senate, with 19 Representatives and 50 Deputies.