EU and Ukrainian leaders have described as “historic” the signature of what amounts to 2 percent of an association and free trade treaty.
The 28 EU Prime Ministers and Presidents, Ukraine’s interim PM, and top EU officials in Brussels on Friday (21 March) put ink on the same accord that was rejected by ousted Ukrainian chief Viktor Yanukovych last November.
“The refusal to sign the association agreement with the European Union created a popular uprising, a political and cultural...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.