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The Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) has declared a positive opinion on the constitutional request of the Verkhovna Rada on obtaining a conclusion on the compliance of the Constitution with the presidential bill on the course of Ukraine to NATO and the EU.

The text of the conclusion was posted on the website of the Constitutional Court on Nov. 22.

“Having considered at the plenary session the case on the constitutional request of the Verkhovna Rada on providing of an opinion on the compliance of the draft law on amending the Constitution of Ukraine … the Constitutional Court of Ukraine concluded … recognize the draft law relevant to Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of Ukraine (on state’s strategic course to receive full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (register No. 9037),” the CCU’s conclusion reads.