“Intensive involvement” in French

Jean-Paul VEZIANT: “The EU is waiting for Ukraine to make a decisive start in implementing reforms” FRANCE HAS CHANGED ITS POSITION ON RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EU AND UKRAINE. WILL KYIV BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PARIS’S GOODWILL? On July 1 France began its presidency of the European Union. How does France view the results of the recent EU summit, on the eve of which Ireland refused to support the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum? Does the “ambitious partnership” proposed by the French president envisage a kind of associated membership for Ukraine? These and other questions are raised in The Day ’s interview with France’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine Jean-Paul VEZIANT. “THE SIGNAL RECEIVED IN IRELAND IS VERY CLEAR” Mr. Ambassador, the recent EU summit was disappointing to European intellectuals. A group... [read full story]