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Hromadske TV: Key reforms of 2016 in Ukraine, explained

It has been one year since the new government came into office. On April 14, Volodymyr Groysman, a member of the presidential “Petro Poroshenko Bloc” was elected by 257 votes to 50. Giving his first speech in the role of PM, he promised to show people “how to rule the country”.

People put their faith in the former successful mayor of one of Ukraine’s central cities. He promised to raise the minimum-wage, decentralisation, improve healthcare and to escalate prices on gas that will comply with its market price. Hromadske along with Oleksandr Sushko, Research Director At Institute For Euro-Atlantic Сooperation and Taras Shevchenko, Director At Centre For Democracy And Rule Of Law, has analysed the progress of the new Cabinet; which reforms were successful, which were failures and has this government realised the hopes of the Ukrainian citizens.