Lviv remains an important political center of Western Ukraine, where the main political forces define the city as an important player in the Ukrainian political arena. The most influential party in the city is European Solidarity, which controls most of the seats in the city council.
Until the end of 2022, European Solidarity was mostly financed by the financial and industrial group of Hryhoriy Kozlovsky, a well-known Lviv businessman who owns the Lviv Tobacco Factory, the Grand Hotel holding, and other assets.
Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi, who is a significant figure in Lviv, after leaving Poroshenko's party and drawing up his parliamentary powers, continues to influence individual deputies of the "European Solidarity" faction. However, in the last few years, his funding of the party has been stopped, and now Kozlovsky is trying to completely distance himself from "European Solidarity" and Petro Poroshenko.
The main competitor of "European Solidarity" is the "Self-Help" party, which is fully controlled and financed by the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadov.
No less important role in the political life of the city is played by representatives of the "VO Svoboda" party. Ihor Kryvetsky remains the main player in this party. As a former People's Deputy and main financier of VO Svoboda, Kryvetskyi is a well-known personality in the Lviv region. It is known that in the past he participated in the expropriation of land from ATO military veterans in the Lviv region.
