The 2019 Elections to the European Parliament: Trends and Risks

Roman Kot Elections to the European Parliament (EP) are scheduled for May 23–26, 2019. Given the wide range of its powers in the budgetary sphere and in the common foreign and security policy, the European Parliament is one of the key bodies in the context of Ukraine’s cooperation with the European Union. On the balance of forces within the newly formed ruling Grand Coalition, will largely depend the EU’s policy not only in supporting Ukraine, but also in containing Russia, in particular the maintenance and build-up of anti-Russian sanctions. Therefore, here is our preliminary analysis of the trends in the…

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