Ukraine: The Eastern Partnership Roadmap to the Vilnius Summit Status Report

THE GOVERNMENT’S engagement with civil society has deteriorated since the roadmap was launched, while the Association Agreement was negotiated between the government and the European Commission behind closed doors without open consultation with Ukrainian society. The state of democracy has also slipped backwards, with increasing concentration in the powers of the President, and the new referendum law enables the constitution to be amended or even annulled without any vote in parliament. Corruption remains widespread, and politically motivated judicial decisions remain a widely recognized problem, not least with the continuing imprisonment of former premier Yulia Tymoshenko.

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