Ukraine must fulfill all conditions for joining EU by 2020 – Hroisman
By 2020, Ukraina must fulfill all conditions for joining the EU, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman has said.
"Our task is to do our best so that by 2020 we could fulfill all the conditions for joining the EU," Hroisman said in an interview with "Das Parlament!" weekly (German).
Chairman of Ukrainian parliament noted that "accumulation of reforms that Ukraine needs to conduct today is the result of failures of previous years."
He noted that "some reforms will be painful," but Ukrainian citizens would treat them with understanding.
"I believe Ukrainians will show understanding of the necessity of the reforms," Hroisman said.
According to him, Ukraine's facing many tasks to fulfill.
"We're facing serious trials. Unfortunately, we failed to conduct an efficient reform to modernize the country within 24 years of independence. We're determined to conduct reforms," Hroisman said.
Hroisman posted a link to the interview with "Das Parlament!" on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
"During my recent visit to Germany, [I] talked to journalists of a German parliamentary periodical," he wrote.
