BRUSSELS, Nov. 11 – The European Commission has welcomed the adoption at first reading of the 'European integration' bills by Ukraine's parliament, and urged Kiev to pass them at second reading, and solve the situation with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius on November 18.
"We welcome the adoption in first reading by the Verkhovna Rada today, on Friday, November 8, of the draft legislation on the reform of the General Prosecutor's Office – a significant step in the reform of Ukraine's judiciary - and of the draft legislation for parliamentary elections. This progress must now be consolidated by the prompt adoption of the two laws also in a second reading. In this context, we welcome the calling of an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada next Wednesday," Peter Stano, spokesman for European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said in a written comment to Interfax-Ukraine in Brussels.
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