Pause in European integration dragged on
Ukraine has not signed Association Agreement, RBC-Ukraine reports.
Today is the second day of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius; the signing ceremony was scheduled for this morning. The ceremony saw the official initialing of Association Agreements of Georgia and Moldova with the European Union, but no documents were signed with Ukraine, not even expected by some political experts Framework Agreement of Intent.
Until the last moment the question of signing an association agreement between Ukraine and the EU remained the main intrigue. Despite numerous statements by representatives of Ukrainian pause in European integration, European diplomats fueled the matter by saying that, despite everything, the agreement may still be signed on November 29. Main optimists were Baltic and Polish politicians, who are traditionally the primary advocates of Ukraine’s European integration.
