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Role-playing: social drama Ukraine-EU |
In modern role-plays and
trainings social and psycho-dramatic techniques are intended to
improve effective behavior of individuals or groups under stress and
help them to gain experience otherwise unobtainable.
Social drama is a role-play
designed to manage group interrelations and collective worldview; it
is a drama for individuals tackling problems of a social unit–be it
a group, state, community, or humanity. Social drama is used for
reproduction and research in operations of task forces–teams,
organizations, national/international systems; therefore it can be
used for the study, diagnostics, planning and verification of
possibilities of a society for the subsequent realization.
Initiating our dialog
“Role-playing: social drama Ukraine-EU”, we invite all players
concerned to choose any past, present or future role of ours in the
European Community and try to interpret it from the point of view of
an average European, European state leader, or a high-up official
working with the European Union. We would like to estimate our own
possibilities and aspirations today and in 10, 15, 20 years, when the
questions of European integration of Ukraine may acquire a new
format.
The integration of Ukraine into
the EU is a topical issue. But it is for the first time in the
post-Soviet period we have inaugurated the all-Ukrainian PROJECT:
Project Europe. And it means new vistas for us. It means, that there
is a ripening civil effort and maturing of our country negotiating
the stage of strict negation / ignoring / and tilting at windmills
and proceeding towards making of our own country. It is a real value
now and a real role for millions of our fellow-citizens.
In the meantime:
the entry of Ukraine into the EU
is a long-term perspective; therefore the analysis of the future
prospects of the European Union and its internal economic and
political relations is needed. Ukrainian polity and business are
entitled to know and understand problems and contradictions within
the EU; moreover, they need to know things that are going inside the
EU, as well as to contemplate the contextual way it works;
the current wave of euroeuphoria
hampers discussing the possible changes awaiting Ukraine on the way
to the EU, nobody weighs pros and contras, and nobody allows for
inevitable risks which may lead to serious disappointments. Are we
ready to become the citizens of the metropolitan EU in 10-15 years?
Treading the way of integration
in EU, Ukraine is expected to find answers for the following
questions: What is the virtual contribution of Ukraine to the
Europroject? Why should the EU be interested in our membership?
Meanwhile neither the EU, nor
Ukraine has a concept of this contribution, although nobody prevented
Ukraine from offering the EU both its resources and projects. But in
order to make the best offer possible Ukraine has to change its
status of a suppliant both on the inside and outside. This, possibly,
is the most difficult role for us to learn; the sooner we make it,
the sooner Ukraine can get its chance to show its possibilities to
contribute to the development of the European Community. And we need
to discuss this role inside our country in the first place.
Now Ukraine is facing the task of
mastering the experience of the EU members in defending its own
national interests on the way to mutually acceptable compromises.
However, a wonderful
eurofairy-tale can become a fact only when Ukrainian business becomes
a customer of the eurointegration of Ukraine and economy of Ukraine
is ready to become a part of euroeconomy. Our entering into the EU
will be posing an uncertain outcome until Ukraine diversifies its
relationships with the EU countries developing them both on the state
and corporate level. According to the statistics, after the entry of
the CE countries into the EU, the trade of Ukraine with the EU left
the former leader–CIS countries–behind. Thus, the EU becomes the
most important trade partner of Ukraine. These relations need to be
developed and stimulated; Ukraine should make this part an alter ego,
if the state administration not only declares its eurointegration
intentions, but also intends to realize them.
The goal of entering the EU may
be an additional resource for consolidation of internal forces and
tackling of “orange revolution” contradictions. Ukrainian regions
should actively participate in forming and realization of the policy
of integration into the structures of EU and establishing direct
relations with the regions of the EU members.
In course of time EVERY citizen
of Ukraine should feel the advantages of eurointegration and realize
himself/herself a European. Every one of us should try this role of a
European today. You just try and come to like it. Is it feasible?
Will it be a life of ease for a European of Ukrainian descent?
The deliberate information policy
of Ukrainian elite furthering the translation of information
resources and messages from the EU and up to creation of a common
information area is not a dictate of time, but a vital necessity as
well. Another major task / role for the Ukrainian administration
consist in strengthening of European values in counterbalance to the
post-soviet nostalgia and hiking-to-Europe consumerism. However,
Ukrainian top brass should also make up its mind and feel like
designing a new lifestyle, establishing new European mechanisms of
functioning of the state and its co-operation with society, and
paving the way for speedy modernization of Ukrainian society.
The main thing is this hike
towards the EU should not become one more bluff of the newly
established elite trying not to carry out internal reforms. It should
not be backing away from internal problems employing external
prospects having no future.
At the height of Cold War father
of modern sociometry Jacob Levi Moreno ventured an idea of the direct
dialog of two world leaders, Eisenhower and Khrushchev, using the
exchange of roles, dubbing-in and mirroring practiced in
sociopsychodrama. Moreno had already used the technique to manage
social conflicts, prevent global oppositions and wars.
Our tasks are not as critical,
though no less meaningful. Today Ukraine has to deal with the issues
of European integration, status of the market economy country,
visaing facilitation, WTO membership, creation of free trade zone,
and congruence with European structures. There is a lot to be done
about our legislation, living standards, adoption of the best
achievements of European and world science and culture, putting
social and political life in good order. It needs to be done for our
benefit, and not the EU.
Maybe, it is our main and best
role…
Tymoshenko is positive that
Ukraine will become a member of the EU (15-04-2005 12:27),
Expert-center
Prime-Minister of Ukraine Yuliya
Tymoshenko believes that Ukraine will become a member of the European
Union.
In her interview for the BBC
world service Yu.Tymoshenko said that “the enthusiasm with which
the President and government of Ukraine had got down to work will
necessarily lead to success.”
“If there are no internal
problems in the EU, and European Constitution referendums are
positive about its adoption, I believe that all nations of European
Union will support Ukrainian membership. I believe, because I see how
European countries receive our president today. Politicians in
democratic countries listen to their people; therefore I conclude
that Ukraine will join EU for the mutual benefit very soon and
organically,” she said.
However,
she couldn’t be more precise about the timing. “It is rather
difficult to say. One should monitor the events in the Union. To my
mind, in Ukraine there are no political, legislative, or territorial
obstacles hampering our entry into the European Union,”
Yu.Tymoshenko said.
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 Expert opinions |
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„The workforce migration from Ukraine should not be treated only as the problematic social phenomenon”
Taras Simak, Head of the Labor Migration Regulation Department, Administration of employment-and-labor migration policy of the Ministry of Labor  Labor migration is a forced step caused by national labor market hypertrophy, which may be a means to protect family in a desperate situation.
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“After us the world must become better!”
Igor Kahanets, Editor-in-Chief of Perekhid IV Magazine  The pecuniary aid of childbirth produces but a short effect. You need better instruments to stabilize demographic situation: people should understand the sense of life once again, necessity of childbirth and upbringing of new generations which must become better than their predecessors, confidence in their future etc.
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Our ministry must help all families, but in the first place we should socialize asocial families
Ella Lamakh, Head of the Family Department of the Ministry of Ukraine of the problems of young population and sports Family values disappear; both in media and everyday intercourse the logic is lost concerning the fact that human existence consists not only of work but also of family life.
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The institute of family is still of great importance for Ukrainians
Rayisa Semenets, Head of Gender Policy Department of the Ministry of Ukraine of the problems of young population and sports, Candidate of Economy It is a pity, but we observe the destruction of the centuries old institute of family and Ukrainian traditions.
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“Only a century ago Ukraine was a country with a very positive demographic situation”
Iryna Prybytkova, Leading Expert of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Economy, Prof.  We need to realize that our depopulation is not a specific Ukrainian phenomenon and the same is underway in all European countries. It is a result of transition of Ukraine to the new historical type of reproduction of population with a low death rate and low birth-rate, and transforming institute of the family.
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“In Ukrainian cities birth-rate slide slows down”
Iryna Petrova, Head of the Management-and-Marketing Department of the University of Economy and Law “Krok”, Doctor of Economy  Countries with highest natality and low quality of life have more problems, than those with reduction-of-population problems, but maintaining high standards of life.
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Liberalization of immigration policy is a way to manage demographic crisis
Olexiy Pozniak, Head of the Department of Migration Studies of the Institute of Demography and Social Studies, Candidate of Economy  If we do not control third-world immigrants while population decreases, the inflow of these people may become critical.
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Sex-and-age structure of population: relocation & migration
Liubov Stelmakh, Head of the Population Statistics Dpt. of the Derzhkomstat of Ukraine  Ever since 1959 the UN has been listing Ukraine among the ageing nations, because the category of 65-years and more made 6.9 p.c. here. In 1989 the same category exceeded 11.7 p.c.
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The state should use strict social planning to control demography
Les Doniy, political scientist  Life is worthless both for politicos and Ukrainians. The former only mirror a social disposition.
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Demography is secondary. Economics is primary.
Volodymyr Bohdanov, sociologist  Power tends for self-preservation. To this end it may be satisfied even if there remain no Ukrainians at all. Its humanity, well-wishing, and understanding is illusive. National degeneration isn’t a matter of concern, but of interest only.
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People survive, if they want to
Les Herasymchuk, culturologist  Ukraine is not dying out; there is a kind of stabilization of the quantity of population in relation to real socio-economic, political and legal terms. At the same time we should realize that present socio-economic, political and legal institutes are a result of modern Ukrainian civilization, and not of conspiracy of public officers, parties etc.
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“Nation will not degenerate”
Natalia Foygt, Candidate of Economy, Manager of the department of demographic potential recreation of the Institute of Demography and Social Studies of the NAS of Ukraine  The orange revolution events have distracted us from tackling problems of ageing population and economic and social adaptation to future existence under conditions when almost half of population will be past the working age limit and will not be able to work.
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Fight for every child
Ella Libanova, Doctor of Economy, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Deputy Director for scientific problems of the Institute of Demography and Social Studies of the NAS of Ukraine  Ukraine has no choice but to struggle for every child, for every birth. It is not a matter of overcoming the existing limit of 47m; a newborn can balance the scale of age.
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We need a radical program to shift from material on spiritual production
Serhiy Krymsky, Ph.D.  Every kind of activity is based on a psychological culture, in particular, economic activity motivation: what is there in raising money? If you go about the spiritual development, you should motivate people to work.
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“Reform focuses attention on personal interests today”
Mykola Pukhtynsky, Chief Manager of the Local-Self-Government-of-Ukraine Relief Fund under the President of Ukraine, Academician of the Ukrainian Municipal Academy The main flaw of previous attempts to reform our administrative-territorial system consisted in the idea that reform can be conducted without term finance. And it is impossible, because it needs heavy financing.
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„Reform should be started from the organizing role of local administration”
Natalia Shymanska, Deputy of Kyiv City Rada, President of Yu. Paneiko Fund for Local Democracy and European Integration  We cannot fail again after so many unsuccessful attempts of reformation of local authorities. I think this reform should not be done hotfoot meeting popular aspirations about advantages and benefits from changes. For this purpose reform has to quit corridors of power. Only when every citizen understands and it feels benefits of its implementation, s/he will make it her/his personal business. Only then it may be workable.
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„Orange revolution” created very favorable conditions for radical transformation of public administration”
Olexandr Demyanchuk, Candidate of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of political science of the National University „Kyiv Mohyla Academy” The main characteristic of this reform consists in an attempt to change the system and principles of government, and not only executive power, as it was foreseen by the administrative reform of the late 90s.
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“I am sure that this reform will be realized, and I am sure that it will be substantially reworked”
Vira Nanivska, Director of the International Center for the long-term studies  It seems that except for the narrow circle of experts even the top brass has no clear vision of the outcome of reform and the objective of territorial agglomeration.
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Reform should have a bottom-up design
Volodymyr Balabanovych, Entrepreneurs’ Labor Union Leader  Decentralization allows tackling many regional policy issues: interregional equalization, development of infrastructure and even bringing up of local officers’ IQ
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“Without self-governed communities the civil society is a no-go idea”
Mykola Yakovyna, Leading Expert of the Center for political and juridical reforms  They have come to know at long last that besides oblast centers there are no institutionalized local self-governed communities managing without organs of executive power.
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In Ukraine there are no pre-conditions for the effective ATR
Olexandr Syniookiy, Vice-Chairman of the Advice Board of the Laboratory for the initiation of bills  Today there are many developed economies in Europe going without ATR. Some of them realized reforms during a considerable period of time; e.g. Poland took a decade and huge funds to make it.
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“I’d rather liquidate public administrations in oblasts, leaving districts alone”
Andriy Duda, Associate Professor, Academy of municipal management, Candidate of sciences Districts control separatism in Ukraine. Those were districts that always rescued Crimea; they are directly accountable to the Cabinet and President of Ukraine; therefore they always supported central power.
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“Power has displayed its willingness to decentralize”
Pavlo Kachur, President of the Association of the agencies for regional development of Ukraine, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, member of the “Nasha Ukrayina” group  If the ATR promoters succeed to convince communities that reforms can improve services, they will be a success.
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“The Orange Revolution-2004 has paved the way for the ATR”
Volodymyr Kampo, Department Head, Academy of municipal management, Prof.  Without regard for the heavy resistance of the have-beens and new opposition, when the new power keeps close to people, the ATR is a possibility. The main thing is to control the opposition playing with the lack of information in the society.
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This parliament is unlikely to adopt the administrative-territorial reform
Kostiantyn Matviyenko, expert of the Gardarika Strategic Consulting Corp.  Both government and president understand that there are a number of challenges. The problem is the new administration has no adequate strategies to tackle them.
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ATR is intended to create efficient local self-government
Yuri Kliuchkovsky, People’s Deputy of Ukraine  Local self-government reform is a commonplace; however, reformers run into heavy opposition.
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Reform can produce results in 2-3 years already
Oleg Soskin, director of the Institute for the transformation of society  Administrative-territorial reform is designed to promote the initiative of local communities. It will trigger democratic mechanisms and back market economy, undermine monopoly which is a commonplace now, and encourage competition.
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“Reformers’ margin of safety is no more than a year”
Yuri Hanushchak, expert, Cities-of-Ukraine Assoc. If the expediency of reform is not explained to the elites, especially those, which are not blinded by the orange, it will sure go broke sometime.
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Billions spent on ATR will be invested into the development of Ukraine
Anatoly Tkachuk, lawyer, Institute of civil society  The European three-level administrative-territorial system is a new ideology for Ukrainian reform.
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Fresh start with the new reform
Vyacheslav Nehoda, chairman of the secretariat of the Association of leaders of local and regional administrations of Ukraine  Nobody doubts the topicality of reform; first thing it will promote local self-government.
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Europe: from loose confederation to a federation of a new type
Volodymyr Fesenko, political scientist, Head of the Center for applied political science "Penta"  The EU is not an empire in the strict sense. The point is every empire is structured according a hierarchical model. The EU hierarchy is of another sort. Indeed, in Europe there is a core, periphery, and semi-periphery; nevertheless, the development of the new members is heavily subsidized At the expense of core countries.
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Unfortunately, in Ukraine people have no clear picture of the EU
Inna Pidluska, President of the Fund „Europe: 21st c.”  Speaking about the European choice of Ukraine as a course of strategic development, we should realize that there is no outside alternative. There is no other pick to take.
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European membership aspiration is not a must
Volodymyr Nikitin, Doctor of culturology, Deputy Director for development of the International center for the prospective studies  The EU fails to digest the consumed meal. Therefore, in the short term Ukraine will not serve a “dessert”. Especially as after admittance of Ukraine the EU will but collapse.
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Without social partnership there is no way to Europe
Volodymyr Balabanovych, Entrepreneurial personnel union leader  Our jobbers make $440m per month. Half of it they send to their families in Ukraine. And no statesperson as much as thanks them; however, it is a powerful investment into Ukrainian economy.
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Ukraine must start a dialog with Europe
Tetiana Holichenko, historian of philosophy, anthropologist  Ukrainians should go about solving their own problems in order to become an equitable dialog partner for our European neighbors.
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«We have already had the European life under the FSU»
Anatoliy Hutsal, First deputy director of the National institute of international security problems  For many our citizens the EU orientation means nostalgia for soviet times, when the FSU boasted the same Byzantine bureaucratic and normative system which is now slightly democratized in the EU.
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„I fail to understand, why Ukraine can not go neutral”
Lada Lesya Roslytska, International public law jurist, independent security expert  We live through a wonderful time of Ukrainian teenage democracy. However, to join to Europe, Ukrainians should mature inwardly.
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“The topical question is as follows: are our citizens going to become Europeans”
Olexandr Maiboroda, Doctor of History, Ethnopolitology Department Head, Institute of political and ethnonational studies of the NAS of Ukraine
 Economic, social structure and value scale of modern Ukrainian population are different from European ones. It would suffice to go over last year's polling of our population about its attitude toward European civilization.
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EU influence is beneficial. But not as if by magic.
Ian Kochi, Director of the Schindler Ukraine office  We look alike: in both our countries there are groundless expectations, a desire to make somebody else responsible, the EU in particular. But we need to understand that the EU will help if there is a desire and possibility to cooperate; it will drag nobody in by force.
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Before the last expansion the EU was a successful project
David Lane, Prof., Emmanuel College, Cambridge The west is skeptical about expansion eastward, now when Ukraine is taken into account. Poland and Ukraine are considered the US agents of influence which can destroy the EU political unity.
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Ukraine needs Europragmatism
Valery Chaliy, International Projects Manager, Razumkov’s Center  The main question for Ukraine is how to get ready. The admission to the EU as it is is not to blame for the basic losses; the crux of the problem is we are not ready to enter the European market, our economy and administration need updating, and our citizens are not happy about it.
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“The integration into the EU from the point of view of influence on the economy, is more important than deliberations about pros and contras”
Igor Burakovsky, Doctor of Economy, Director of the Institute of economic studies and political consulting  There are expert competitiveness data showing that the free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU may be effective. Moreover, we can evaluate the effect. However, positive effects cannot be realized automatically; there should be a way to use them.
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“Ukraine as it is of no avail for the EU”
Yaroslav Zhalilo, President of the Center for anti-crisis studies  Ukrainian standards and regulations will conflict with European norms, as well as business and management which can disillusion people about European integration.
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EU is a pretty baby of Cold War
Yaroslav Matiychyk, expert working with the Strategic-and-Security-Studies Team, student of the Marshall Center (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)  If Brussels politicians want to provide for the history perspective of European Community, they have to realize that Ukraine may do without the EU indefinitely long, while the EU (as a kind of interim state) cannot.
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Middle class is the “eurolocomotive” of Ukraine
Victor Nebozhenko, political scientist  The importance of Ukraine in the EU equals that of Albania, Portugal or Poland. It will never join the “center”, even if its deputies vote in European Parliament. That is the price to pay.
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Ukraine is a key ground for modification of the EU architecture
Vadym Karasiov, Director of the Institute of global strategies  The road of Ukraine to the EU leads through the changing EU architecture, emerging contours of the “Big Europe” taking into account the EU leeway into Eurasia. Orientalization of Europe drifting eastward into mainland Eurasia gives Ukraine a chance to participate.
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We are seemingly not that distant from the European Union
Olena Zerkal, Director of the State department for the adaptation of legislation In the first place, Eurointegration is an economic notion; therefore it is impossible if there is a disparity of laws and varying rules of market behavior. European markets will remain closed for us if we do not standardize our legislative norms European way.
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“Ukraine needs new solutions”
Tanteli Õ. Ratuvuheri, political scientist  If Ukrainians tread the well-trodden way, they will become the second best; they can top the list only if they are inventive. Ukrainians should not so much look for Europe at home, as reprogram the EU and prove their real efficiency.
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“In Ukraine, the nation considers itself European”
Victoriya Pidhorna, Candidate of Philosophy, Executive director of the Center of socio-political planning  The prospects of our EU membership mostly depend on introduction of real political reforms in Ukraine and creation of a new democratic political administration.
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“The place of Ukraine in the economy of European Union depends on the timing of its EU membership”
Hanna Derevyanko, Executive Director of the European Business Association  In the EU Ukraine can obtain European technologies and learn new ways while for the EU our country can open new accesses to the eastern markets.
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“The world respects tough powers, which can stand up for them”
Rostyslav Pavlenko, Executive Director of the School of political analysis at the National University “Kyiv Mohyla Academy”  On the one hand, European structures are rather conservative, on the other hand, they very bureaucratic and usually follow the determined procedures and designed plans. Therefore there’s no sense to hope that the change of administration can change the attitude toward Ukraine all at once.
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Going to Europe, we choose a new empire
Andriy Fyodorov, Deputy Director of the European institute for integration and development  The imperial absorption is a powerful and blind force; therefore Ukraine may well enter the plans of future eastward expansion of the European Union down to the border with China.
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The orange events is a confirmation of the European character of Ukrainians
Olexandr Sushko, Director of the Center for peace, conversion and foreign policy of Ukraine  The EU cannot be finalized without Ukraine, because the European unification process would stop in its tracks.
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“Without Ukraine European Union is inferior”
Oleg Zarubinsky, the first vice-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for European integration  The European Union can not represented all civilized, democratic Europe, if it does not include Ukraine and conservative European officials, and the more so politicians, understand this axiom.
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Ukraine should have its place in the renewed EU
Olexandr Shmorhun, Candidate of Philosophy, senior research officer of the Institute of the world economy and international relations  The reality of the EU membership is illusory; the admission procedure is very difficult; besides orange revolution and splash of democratization, there are scarce motivations to welcome Ukraine to the EU.
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