At the beginning of the week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft amendment to the country’s Constitution, presuming at the legislative level to reinforce the irreversibility of the course of Kiev to join the EU and NATO.

In Europe, this step has caused mixed reactions. Someone from politicians approved, someone thought it was the pre-election campaign of Petro Poroshenko, but negative feedback is not expressed. At the same time, most politicians agreed that at present Ukraine is better to deal with current problems, rather than dreams of a bright future.

Representatives of the German edition of Deutsche Welle appealed for comments to representatives of several factions of the European Parliament.

As the journalists reported, the respondents did not show much enthusiasm. At the same time, the Permanent Rapporteur of the European Parliament on Ukraine Michael Galer told reporters that the desire of the Ukrainian people in the EU can be seen without consolidating it in the Constitution.

The representative of the Social Democrats Knut Fleckenstein expressed himself neutrally, saying that Ukrainians themselves decide what to write in their basic law.

Rebecca Harms, representing the Greens faction, called this step “extremely important”, adding that Ukraine now needs “bigger decisions” than similar constitutional changes.

The NATO press service referred to the Declaration of the Brussels Summit, which states that “We are unshakable in our support for Ukraine’s right to decide its future and foreign policy independently and without external interference. In the light of Ukraine’s newly announced aspirations for NATO membership, we are faithful to our decision taken at the Bucharest summit”. However, the plan of action to join the bloc Ukraine has not been received.

In fact, it turns out that the changes proposed by President Poroshenko are a tick in the election bulletin. As part of their pre-election promises, membership in NATO and the EU are its main trump cards, which other candidates have not yet promised.

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