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Ukraine's political choice in favor of European integration has no alternative and the majority of the country's population supports it, former Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine, MP Petro Poroshenko has said.

“I am absolutely not afraid of referendum. It’s not just a thing promoted by certain political forces or politicians to improve their own image. I believe that if a referendum is called the European integration will prevail,” he told journalists during events organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation within the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland).