Closer integration with the EU will not benefit Ukraine, according to communist MPs in Kyiv, who advocate instead joining the Russian-led Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, EurActiv.de reports.
Almost all of the parties in the Ukrainian parliament support signing off on the association agreement with the EU, except the communists (see background).
Aleksandr Golyb, Ukrainian member of parliament for the Communist Party (KPU), expressed his bitterness that the ruling Party of the Regions had made up its mind on integrating with the EU.
“Unlike our colleagues, we have little reason to believe that signing an association agreement would bring Ukraine closer to fully-fledged EU membership,” said Golyb, who added that over the next 20-30 years Ukraine would not manage to become a part of European structures.
