The European Union scrambled to get a call with Ukraine's president-elect V...
BRUSSELS - The European Union scrambled to get a call with Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday as Western powers wondered whether the TV comic would heed their urgings to stick with reforms that they hope can anchor the country beyond the grip of Russia.
Highlighting Sunday’s smoothly run vote as a “major achievement” after five years in which the EU has pumped cash into Ukraine and borne the cost of economic sanctions on Moscow, the respective presidents of the European Council and Commission urged Zelenskiy to seek continuity. With Europe and North America taking an Easter holiday, there was little other comment on the second-round vote result that had been widely forecast by recent opinion polls. Diplomats and officials in Brussels working with both the European Union and NATO said Zelenskiy was still very much an unknown quantity for Western governments.Another called Zelenskiy’s task “quite challenging” in managing appointments and parliamentary elections, as well as in his relations with billionaire power-brokers.
“The German government will also in the future continue to support Ukraine’s right to sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Merkel wrote.The European Union has invested heavily, in both economic and political terms, in Ukraine, seeing it as a potential model for other post-communist neighbors and a bulwark against a Russia seen as a growing threat, especially by the EU member states that spent decades under the control of Moscow.
“We need to get him on the phone, set up meetings, get our message across about the seriousness of the need for reforms and our support but only on the basis of reforms. Clearly it’s a rebuke to Poroshenko, but the same reforms of the economy, against corruption are still crucial.” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg tweeted his congratulations, adding cautiously: “Ukraine is a valued NATO partner and we look forward to continuing our cooperation.”
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