According to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, official Brussels positively evaluates the Ukrainian law on national minorities, which is extremely important for the continuation of the movement into the European Union.
The European Commission announced its assessment of the Ukrainian law on national minorities
Ursula von der Leyen made such a statement at the plenary session of the European Parliament.
National minority groups have already reacted positively to this law. And our initial assessment is also positive, she said.
The head of the European Commission does not hide his delight at the fact that Ukraine is making significant progress in reforms to the EU without stopping his active work on four recommendations for starting negotiations on joining the bloc.
As Ursula von der Leyen notes, the Ukrainian parliament also recently signed two anti-corruption laws — it is about increasing the composition of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and expanding the powers of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC).
The President of the EC draws attention to the fact that subject to practical implementation, these actions can fulfil three of our four unfulfilled recommendations.
The Ukrainian government also proposed a new law on lobbying to limit the power of oligarchs and fulfill our last recommendation, the European politician notes.
Ukraine is more and more actively fulfilling the requirements of the EU to join the EU
As mentioned earlier, the head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, recently signed the law on changes to the legislation on national minorities, as requested from Kyiv by the official Brussels.
Moreover, the president also signed draft laws on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, which are necessary to implement the recommendations of the European Commission.
On November 8, the European Commission recommended opening accession negotiations with Ukraine but put forward four requirements for such a decision.
