The former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said that Ukraine After the coming to power of the former opposition is from the perspective of EU membership further than 10 years ago.

in Ukraine on 21 November 2013 commenced demonstration of disagreement supporters of European integration, is unhappy that the government suspended preparations for signing the agreement on the unification of Ukraine with the EU. In February 2014, Ukraine saw the coup d'etat. After the advent of the new government in Kyiv took a course on European integration.

"Lawlessness, a Legal vacuum (Ukraine). They (the new government) claim: "in the European Union go ". What Kind Of Europe? We from Europe at the present time much further than they were 10 years ago, "Azarov said at the presentation of his book" Ukraine at the crossroads " on Wednesday in the capital of Russia.

the Association agreement with the European Union and Ukraine signed in Brussels on 27 June 2014. The Association provides for the deepening of economic relations between Ukraine and the EU, harmonization in the field of law and development of a free trade zone. The full document will come into force After ratification by the parliaments of the member countries of the EU. As long as the Association agreement between Ukraine and the EU ratified the majority of Eastern European countries - Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Malta. The main part of the agreement entered into force on 1 November, and the section on the free trade area will come into force on 1 January 2016.

experts believe that the EU is not willing to accept their own part of Ukraine in the foreseeable future, because the country is in a precarious economic situation. Ukraine need in the 1st place, to solve economic problems, to meet the conditions for EU accession.

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