EU and US officials have condemned Ukraine's government and accused it of politically motivated attack on opposition figures after a court decided to strip the lawyer for jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko of his parliamentary seat on March 6.
European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood
Policy Stefan Fule sent Kyiv a stinging rebuke after the court decision
was announced. “Stripping a parliamentarian of his mandate like in the
case of Vlasenko is not the European way. Does this bring Ukraine closer
to the EU?” Fule asked rhetorically on Twitter.
