Members of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament have endorsed the
recommendations of the report of the needs assessment mission of the European
Parliament, which contains a roadmap of the reform and transformation of the
Ukrainian Parliament, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr
Groysman and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said in a joint
statement.
Groysman and Schulz issued a joint statement on the
results of a meeting of leaders of factions of the Verkhovna Rada and the
European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, March 1, the Ukrainian parliament's
press service reported.
"During today's unprecedented joint political
group leaders' meeting of both parliaments, we endorsed the recommendations of
the report of the Needs Assessment Mission led by former EP President Pat Cox,
which provides an ambitious roadmap for the reform and the transformation of
the Ukrainian parliament. The report contains concrete suggestions on improving
the quality of its legislative process, its efficiency and transparency, and represents
a joint ownership of all the factions and groups of the Verkhovna Rada,"
the joint statement reads.
"We have also expressed our joint commitment for
the implementation of systemic reforms in Ukraine, underlined our unwavering
support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty and have stressed
the importance of national unity and political consensus of all political
forces in Ukraine in this difficult political period. We hope that the reform
process of the Verkhovna Rada will unite the majority and the opposition for
the common goal of increasing the credibility of the Parliament in the eyes of
the society and turning it into a genuine backbone of Ukrainian
democracy," the two officials said.
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