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Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko on April 19 urging the European Union to speed up the signing of an Association Agreement with Ukraine. "I ask that you show maximum flexibility and willingness to compromise so that an Association Agreement, including an agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and the EU, is signed by the end of the year," Yulia Tymoshenko said during a meeting today with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Read the Batkivshchyna's office press release about the meeting here.