Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze: “With inspiration and with a clear understanding of the scope of work and responsibility, Ukraine is ready to move forward on its path to the EU.”

The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU stated this during the 14th meeting of the Ukraine-EU Civil Society Platform. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said that the historic decision of the European Council to open negotiations with Ukraine is the result of joint work and joint efforts of the Ukrainian people, politicians and civil society. She also expressed gratitude to the leaders of the EU and European institutions for their incredible support of Ukraine in the most difficult times.

She noted that there is a lot of work to do, which requires strengthening institutional capacities. “This applies, in particular, to the capacities of the Ukraine-EU Civil Society Platform, the Committee on the Integration of Ukraine into the EU, which I chair, the Parliamentary Committee of the Ukraine-EU Association and governmental authorities. Strengthening capacities is needed to fulfil the work we must do on the way to full membership in the EU,” said the Chair of the Committee.

She noted that Ukraine has already fulfilled part of the additional conditions of the European Commission by adopting three important draft laws concerning the strengthening of anti-corruption institutions and procedures and rights of national minorities in Ukraine. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze expressed her hope that the rest of the conditions will be fulfilled just as quickly. At the same time, according to her, the volume of work is much larger now, and therefore authorities and institutions need reformatting and detailed planning of their work. “We look forward to our committee meeting with the Ukraine-EU Civil Society Platform next week. This will be an opportunity to set new clear goals and time frames to ensure that the next stages of European integration will be as successful as the previous ones,” said the Chair of the Committee. She added that with inspiration, but, at the same time, with a clear understanding of the scope of work and responsibility, Ukraine is ready to move forward on its path to the EU.