her as a candidate. The key theses of Tymoshenko's election campaign were the eradication of corruption, the fight against oligarchs, the European path of Ukraine's development (in particular, the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU), countering Russian aggression and restoring the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The election took place on 25 May. Tymoshenko came a distant second behind Petro Poroshenko. She received 12.39% of the vote. On 30 August 2014, Tymoshenko announced her Batkivshchina party would start gathering signatures to trigger a referendum on NATO accession. In the 2014 parliamentary election "Fatherland" received 5.68% of the vote and 19 seats in parliament. In the elections Tymoshenko was placed second on the parties electoral list, after Nadiya Savchenko. After the election Tymoshenko again became faction leader. She is a member of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of European integration in the 8th convocation of parliament. After the election, Tymoshenko began reforming the Batkivshchyna party. Parliamentary activity, 2014–2018 On 11 December 2014, the Rada supported Tymoshenko's initiative on freeing Nadiya Savchenko. On 5 March 2015, Parliament supported a bill to support the volunteer movement in Ukraine. On 21 April 2015, Tymoshenko initiated a working group to check the validity of utility tariffs. On 6 April 2016, Tymoshenko thanked Angela Merkel for her help in establishing peace in eastern Ukraine. 15 May 2016: Faction "Fatherland" preparing a statement in the name of the new Prosecutor General in connection with offenses in the activities of the National Commission, which performs state regulation in the energy and utilities relative to the unjustified increase of gas prices for the population. 16 May 2016: Yulia Tymoshenko held a meeting with the coordinator of the US State Department on the issue of sanctions, Ambassador Dan Fried. The sides discussed the situation in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, focusing on the politics of U.S. sanctions against Russia. Dan Fried assured Tymoshenko of the support of the United States of America for Ukraine, and its territorial integrity and independence. 23 May 2016: At the initiative of Yulia Tymoshenko All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" launched a website "Fair rates", the proceedings of which explain the need to establish adequate tariffs for gas for the population. Tymoshenko is in favor of extending the moratorium on land sales and supporting farmers. She considers negotiations in the format of the Budapest Memorandum to be an effective way to resolve the issue of