At its meeting on June 9, the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into
the EU heard the report on the implementation of the Program of
activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 2020 in the field
of European integration.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha
Stefanishyna briefed the Committee members on the state of
implementation of the Cabinet's Program in various areas. According to
Olha Stefanishyna, the Government's action plan provided for the launch
of pilot projects for regional offices of European integration. They
were opened in several regions of Ukraine. The Deputy Prime Minister
reminded that Ukraine and the EU had agreed to start updating trade
parameters and revising the Association Agreement.
Olha Stefanishyna reported that as a result of joint governmental and
parliamentary work at the Ukraine-EU Summit and the Association
Council, a dialogue on the European Green Deal had been launched. Also,
according to Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine and the EU are trying to
synchronize the vision of available financial instruments for green
transformation, which Ukrainian companies and the Ukrainian economy
will need: “We agreed that in July this year the European Commission
delegation will be in Ukraine to negotiate with international financial
institutions, with government officials in order to form a Roadmap for
financial support of Ukraine in this direction”.
The Deputy Prime Minister reminded that Ukraine had applied for the
presidency of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region and the
Committee of this Strategy confirmed such presidency. The Cabinet of
Ministers also decided to approve a plan for the construction and
arrangement of checkpoints across the state border of Ukraine, with a
priority arrangement of border and customs infrastructure on the border
between Ukraine and the EU countries. Olha Stefanishyna also informed
that in the last quarter the Government has already approved 8
legislative acts, approved at the meeting of the Commission for
Coordination of the Implementation of the Association Agreement. 13
more are currently being processed by the Cabinet.
The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU noted
that the Government's Program of Activities had not been approved by
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. “In fact, we are considering the
Government's self-assessment now. Unfortunately, what we see in the
report, although it is quite voluminous, in terms of European
integration and the implementation of its tasks and effectiveness,
there are many common phrases. So I would like to receive more detailed
information for our Committee based on the results of this report -
what was done in each direction to achieve a particular result”, -
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze summed up.