Four Years of EU–Ukraine Association: Teething Problems or Permanent Crisis?

... received a market of cheap labour, the European Union is in no hurry to further integration with Ukraine. Election campaigns are capable of additionally burdening the economy. 2019 and 2020 will be difficult years in terms of repaying external debts. Ukraine will need to return $28.7 billion between 2018 and 2022. EU association has also failed to generate a growth in investment. In previous years, direct foreign investment into the Ukrainian economy reached $10 billion per year. The most recent figures point to $2.5 billion . The European Union’s programme ...