Pablo Picasso from the Catalan independence movement during his youth despite expressing general support and being friendly with activists within it. He did not join the armed forces for any side or country during World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II. As a Spanish citizen living in France, Picasso was under no compulsion to fight against the invading Germans in either world war. However, in 1940, he did apply for French citizenship, but it was refused on the grounds of his "extremist ideas evolving towards communism". This information was not revealed until 2003. At the start of the
Hromada (political party) Dnipropetrovsk the party lost all its seats. In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 0.08% of the national votes and no constituencies (it had competed in four constituencies) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation. The Central Election Commission of Ukraine had refused Pavlo Lazarenko's registration for this election (he had been chosen to head the election list of the party). The party did participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections in 4 simple-majority constituencies but did not win parliamentary representation. The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Hromada (political party) All-Ukrainian Association "Community" (,