"Ukrainian membership to EU relies only on Ukraine and how quickly Kiev will reform the country to meet EU standards. Besides, Ukraine have to permanently tumble Europe with questions: “what we ought to do further”, said Audronius Azubalis, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Lithuanian Seim, while addressing the third Europe-Ukraine forum participants in Kiev on February, 27, reports a REGNUM correspondent.
“There are three big roblems in the Ukraine. I would qualify them as: demoralization, discredit and decentralization. The greatest treat is that EU membership expectations could fail in short run. And as consequence, there will rise a Euro-skepticism in Ukraine, — stressed Azubalis.- Besides, a high corruption level in the Ukraine remains one of the main problems.
It is not a secret, that that even investors from Lithuania leave the country, phasing down their activities, which discredits Ukraine in the international arena”, — added Azubalis. According to the Lithuanian politician, the “last gas crisis revealed, that there is something wrong with the Ukrainian policy. And it is impaired Ukrainian image, as a stable state. And the third threat is decentralization. I mean an active influence of other countries on the Ukrainian policy. Even more very obvious trends to divide Ukraine upon geographical principle”
