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Member of the European Parliament Pawel Zalewski speaks about EU-Ukraine relations What is the significance of the initiation of the Association Agreement? The initialing of the Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, between Ukraine and the EU, is an important fact, as it shows that the parties have concluded their negotiations, agreed on the text of the Association Agreement, and opened the way to its signing and ratification – which would have been impossible without the process of initialling. All the same, this mere fact has no legal..

The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will not be initialed during the Ukraine-EU Summit in Kyiv, although negotiations on the issue are over in practice, member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the EU Commission on the International Trade Pawel Zalewski has said.   "Despite the tentative plans, the Association Agreement will not be initialed today, but negotiations on its content are over in practice," the MEP's press service cited him as saying on Monday.   Zalewski stressed that decisions that would be approved on Monday "will on the..

Ahead of the crunch EU summit on the eurozone this Thursday, Polish MEP Paweł Zalewski says the danger of the collapse of the euro zone is ‘very serious’.   Paweł Zalewski tells reporter Michal Kubicki agrees with what Foreign Minister Sikorski said recently about the European Union standing on the edge of a precipice.   "If there are no sufficient tools to support countries such as Greece, Portugal, Ireland and even perhaps Italy, they will fall into bankruptcy, and it will have a domino effect’," he says. In his opinion, Poland’s commitment to..

Polish MEP Pawel Zalewski, from the centre-right EPP party in the European Parliament, opened an office in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Tuesday.   The move is geared to bring Ukrainians closer to the European Parliament, and comes at a time when Poland is pushing for the finalisation of an association agreement between the EU and Ukraine during Warsaw’s EU Council Presidency.   “This is a part of my activity linked to the promotion of European integration in the Ukraine,” Zalewski told the PAP news agency, adding that “I am often in Kyiv to meet..

The European Parliament does not call into question the prospects of signing an association agreement with Ukraine, but it also plans to support democracy and the rule of law in Ukraine, particularly in the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a co-rapporteur of the recommendations on the association agreement, MEP Pawel Zalewski (the Group of the European People's Party, Poland) has said.   "I think that the parliament is united concerning the trial of Tymoshenko and the association agreement. It is completely clear that we need to respond to the problem of human..

Members of the Committee on International Trade INTA of the European Parliament agreed that the Association Agreement with Ukraine would not be affected by the lawsuit against the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. This opinion was voiced by the European MP Pawel Zalewski at the meeting of the Committee held yesterday, reports Kommersant Ukraine. The EU MPs believe the agreement needs to be finalized as soon as possible to push Ukraine's democratic development further.   "Considering the democracy issue in Ukraine, the best decision would be to rapidly sign the..

In the context of a merciless political battle between the government and its opposition, in which both sides are actively trying to exploit the judicial system, the EU should be on its guards so as not to become a part in this internal political conflict. The Polish member of the European Parliament from the EPP, Pawel Zalewski, expressed such an opinion in an exclusive commentary made for UKRINFORM.     "The election of leaders concerns Ukrainians, whereas the role of the EU is to enable the Ukraine to implement European standards" - said MEP. The politician accentuated..

In spite of the difficulties and of "the political war", Ukraine is heading towards the path of economic reforms. Influential polish politicians have given such an opinion to UKRINFORM´s correspondent in Warsaw.   MEP from Poland, member of the EPP, Pawel Zalewski, believes that over the course of the last year, one can notice substantial progress in economic development in the Ukraine in contrast to the former five years.   Such progress is firstly illustrated by the start of a real cooperation with MFW, and secondly by the accession to the European energy community,..

TUNIS (TAP) - The European Union (EU)'s support to its Southern Mediterranean neighbours will depend on the progress made in the areas of democracy and respect of rule of law, Mr. Pawel Zalewski, Member of European Parliament (MEP) and Vice-Chairman of the International Trade Commission, said at a meeting on the new European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).   The European MP, a Polish, who chairs the EU Council in the July-December 2011 term, added that the EU which is looking at its relations with its neighbours in transition with fresh eyes, is ready to support these countries..

Last Friday, Pawel ZALEWSKI, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence with EU Policies in the framework of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly; initiator and first chairman of the Polish-Ukrainian Inter-Parliamentary Group in the Polish Parliament; since April 1, 2011, Coordinator of International Relations in the Coordination Council of the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine, took part in the international conference “Ukraine on the Road of European Integration: Current Status and Prospects” held on the campus of the Taras..

The European Parliament has announced plans to establish a group to support Ukraine on its path towards European integration, MEP Pawel Zalewski told reporters in Kyiv. In his words, the group's working title is Friends of Ukraine.   "This association of deputies will be set up in accordance with the regulations of the European Parliament. It will be an official association of deputies. The purpose is obvious and clear - supporting Ukraine on the path of European integration," the MEP emphasized. He also noted that "there will be representatives of different parties from different..

- For now, still going on preliminary negotiations - said on Wednesday, Paul Zalewski, MEP, to veto a draft EU budget by the main contributors of the European Union. For this reason, since the beginning of 2011 Poland will receive only 1 / 12 of the current budget.   According to Zalewski, the euro is not a dispute over taxes has decided to reject the draft budget. - There are many supporters of such a solution, but for now the idea is unrealistic - explained the MEP. He added that the most important reason is the desire of Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden, who are major..