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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Times Online - Comment:Europe has both moral and strategic reasons to reach out to Ukraine

"Europe has both moral and strategic reasons to reach out to Ukraine
Anatol Lieven

THE RESULTS of the Ukrainian elections are a triumph for democracy and progress. They also create a dilemma for the European Union. The challenge of admitting Ukraine to EU membership � on top of Turkey � is so huge that many European officials have never made much secret of their hope that Ukraine�s lack of democracy and economic reform would defer indefinitely even the the first steps to joining. How the EU now handles the twin challenges of Ukraine and Turkey will largely define its own future, and that of much of Eurasia. "

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