| ID | 075245 |
| Title Proper | Domestic politics and European integration in Ukraine |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wolczuk, Kataryna |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Kataryna Wolczuk and Taras Kuzio focus on Ukraine. Wolczuk's essay analyses the domestic political situation in post-Orange revolution Ukraine. Despite the heightened pro-European credentials of post-revolution Ukraine, Wolczuk explains how the revolution has not engendered a breakthrough in EU-Ukraine relations. This has left the new regime in Ukraine to tackle, without an EU membership perspective, formidable domestic reform challenges in the political, economic and institutional realms. This domestic quest became significantly harder in the light of divisions within the "Orange elite", the ensuing 2006 parliamentary election results, the volatile coalition politics that followed, and the new constitutional framework. Wolczuk then analyses the impact of Ukraine's changing domestic politics on EU relations. While democratic change seems irreversible and EU-Ukraine relations have undergone a visible upgrading, the country's tumultuous politics have drawn attention away from the commitment to pursue the reforms indicated in Ukraine's ENP Action Plan. They have also imbued the domestic political system with greater uncertainty and nuance as far as the country's EU orientation is concerned. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 41, No. 4; Oct-Dec 2006: p7-23 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 41 No 4 |
| Key Words | Ukraine ; European Union ; International Relations ; Political Development ; European Integration |