EPP supports and encourages unification of Ukraine’s centre-right parties UDAR, BPP, PF and reiterates support

19. January 2016
The European People’s Party (EPP) reiterated its unconditional support to the Ukrainian centre-right parties UDAR, Solidarnist and the People’s Front during the EPP Political Assembly held in Brussels on 1-2 September. “The EPP welcomes the merger of our partners, Solidarnist and UDAR, and further supports the unification of the centre-right democratic forces in Ukraine, in particular the bloc of President Petro Poroshenko’s Solidarnist with the People’s Front. The creation of such a strong pro-European political force will help to continue the reform process in the country,” said EPP President Joseph Daul. “We understand that a successful unification of the parties in Ukraine is the best means to implement the necessary reforms as an answer to Russian aggression and anti-reform forces in Ukraine,” added Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, MEP and EPP Vice-President. “The EPP has always had close and strong cooperation with our member parties in Ukraine. Our support remains unconditional in order to help Ukraine become a democratic and independent state for current and future generations,” concluded President Daul. The EPP Political Assembly also discussed the sanctions imposed on Russia. These are necessary to maintain pressure on Moscow in order to come to a full implementation of the Minsk agreements and release the political prisoners Nadia Savchenko and Oleg Sentsov. *On 28 August 2015, the centre-right party UDAR merged with Petro Poroshenko Bloc Solidarnist.


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