The European Vector as a Priority of Ukraine’s Integration Strategy (Yury Krasnopolsky)

Раздел "Международные отношения"Contemporary transformational changes form the special topicality of the problem of determining Ukraine’s place in European integration. The article reveals specific features of Ukraine’s movement towards integration into European structures. The author stresses that the development of a balanced integration strategy on a scientific basis is especially significant for the young Ukrainian state. This approach is supported with programmes signed by the highest authorities of the state and with real achievements which do not sound impressive yet. The author analyzes a number of problems Ukraine is facing in the implementation of the European vector policy. He shows that success in the integration process with the EU should be determined not by the persistence level but by real economic and political achievements. The author makes an attempt to outline the successive steps for the effective integration Ukraine and the EU