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1) Ukraine: is the future still orange?
Ukraine has undergone profound democratic change since the Orange revolution two years ago, Yulia Tymoshenko,MP and leader of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the Ukrainian Parliament, told an EPC Policy Briefing. She said the current political setbacks did not dispel her optimism about the country’s future. She was anxious to develop closer energy and political ties with the EU, establish a more outward-looking foreign policy and to encourage international investment.
Date : 11/23/2006
2) Ukraine: living up to the European dream
The Ukrainian government has embarked on a very ambitious reform programme which will create a strong, stable and prosperous state on the EU’s eastern border, Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told a Policy Briefing. He also stressed the importance of closer EU-Ukraine relations, explaining how this could benefit both sides, and sketched his country’s plans for membership of the World Trade Organization and future cooperation with NATO.
Date : 9/18/2006
3) Ukraine facing the future: on the road to reform
With the Orange Revolution barely a year old, Ukraine Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov aptly summed up his country's aspirations by quoting the words of the hero of the hour, President Viktor Yushchenko who said that "without Ukraine, Europe will not be complete". Mr Yekhanurov was addressing an EPC conference held together with the Mission of Ukraine to the European Communities. The conference heard frank accounts of just how much needed to be done to complete Ukraine's transformation and the Prime Minister acknowledged that the 14-year-old struggle to bring democratic values, freedom and prosperity was far from over.
Date : 10/11/2005
4) Ukraine and the EU: How close, how soon?
Speaking at a Breakfast Policy Briefing, Oleg Ribachuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine underlined his country’s commitment to European values. He insisted that the only way forward for Ukraine was through European Union membership. Eventual membership of Ukraine in the Union required EU economic, technical and political assistance to help strengthen Ukraine's nascent democracy and the integration of European policies and values into national policies and institutional structures.
Date : 4/21/2005
5) After the elections: Next steps in Ukraine’s European journey
Following Victor Yushchenko's victory in the re-run of the Presidential elections in Ukraine on 26 December, the EPC held a Policy Dialogue with the former Estonian foreign minister, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, MEP and the EPC Political Director, John Palmer, to assess the way forward for EU-Ukraine relations. Panellists agreed that the door should not be shut on an eventual EU membership perspective for the Ukraine but that the new Ukrainian government had to focus now on fundamental economic, social and administrative reforms.
Date : 1/7/2005
6) The Council of Europe and the EU Neighbourhood Policy
The European Neighbourhood Policy will impact on the relationship the EU has with various other organisations active in the countries the policy is aimed at. Thomas Ouchterlony continues the discussion by highlighting how the Council of Europe and the European Union might cooperate with a particular view to the Eastern countries of Ukraine and Moldova.
Date : 9/20/2004
7) The ENP and EU’s Eastern Neighbours: Prospects for Success
Kasia and Roman Wolczuk reflect critically on the Commission’s plans for the European Neighbourhood Policy as it would affect eastern countries. They argue strongly for a differentiated approach toward these countries and investigate why this new initiative has only received a lukewarm response from authorities in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus.
Date : 9/13/2004
8) Ukraine-EU relations: Prospects for the future
Addressing an EPC Policy Dialogue as part of its Enlargement and Wider Europe Programme, Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych underlined that before considering an application for membership in the EU, his country had to build "Europe in Ukraine." Both he and Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, agreed that the European Neighbourhood Policy outlined by the Commission was a good way to take relations forward and ensure closer cooperation and gradual integration into the EU policy framework.
Date : 5/20/2004
9) Beyond the External Border: JHA in the Context of Relations Between Poland, Ukraine and the EU
The Polish political class has accepted the visa regime with Ukraine with reluctance, fearing that it will strongly affect good neighbourhood relations, hamper cross border co-operation and isolate the sizable Polish minority in Ukraine. How can the EU help?
Date : 10/5/2001
10) The EU aims not to let Ukraine in and at the same time not to keep it out
Ukraine believes it is in a "no man's land" without clear prospects of eventual EU membership.
Date : 5/17/2001
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