Линк объясняющий про Евро-ассоциацию. Линк старый, еще времени первого (не)подписания, и хотя бы по этой причине интересный. Ассоциация даже если подписана... эээ, ни вступления в Евросоюз, ни кисельных берегов, ни даже незамедлительной ратификации не означает.
http://www.rferl.org/content/eu-associa ... 74247.html
Explainer: What Exactly Is An EU Association Agreement?
In signing this, Eastern Partnership members will be committing themselves to adopting specific pieces of EU legislation in trade, consumer protection, and environmental regulation.
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Once signed, how soon does it take for an Association Agreement come into force?
After an Eastern Partnership country signs its Association Agreement, it must be ratified by the parliaments of all EU member states, a process that can take several years.
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Ukraine focused a lot of attention on getting an EU membership perspective -- a commitment to eventual membership -- in its preamble. This would have been difficult to get under the best of circumstances, but in the midst of an economic crisis it was practically impossible.
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The first thing to remember is that the Association Agreements on offer for the Eastern Partners do not include a path to EU membership -- nor do they explicitly exclude one.
И чтобы 2 раза не вставать, почему-то никто не обсудил (последнее) предложение МВФ Украине. Предыдущие источники писали, что МВФ дает денег потому что иначе дефолт. Самый свежий найденный линк:
http://www.thenation.com/article/179212 ... her-greece#
When the International Monetary Fund announced a tentative loan agreement with Ukraine last month, the move was widely acclaimed as vital to saving the country’s struggling economy. Headlines trumpeted the decision to “help” Ukraine with a $14–18 billion “financial lifeline.”
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But the news headlines and political statements only tell half the story: The IMF loan comes with demands for “economic reforms,” i.e., austerity measures, that will be borne by the working-class Ukrainians, one-fourth of whom already live below the poverty line.
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The IMF conditions for Ukraine won’t include any debt relief, and unlike the European Union-IMF bailout for Cyprus, they won’t impose any haircuts on the country’s creditors. Instead, the IMF recipe hinges on cuts to subsidies and social services and a floating exchange rate that will sink purchasing power even further.
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Still, rising poverty caused by IMF reforms could drive more people to openly resist the Kiev government, Koltashov said. “This may take on a pro-Russian tone, not because Russia is good and is calling them to do it, but because people see Crimea joining Russia as a way to jump off a burning train, to get out of the Ukrainian crisis,” he said.
Не знаю кто это, но тоже ничего хорошего. Имеет смысл согласиться со всеми политическими требованиями регионов (федерация или что), они хотя бы бесплатные. Иначе много эмоций отделиться на фоне чисто шкурного интереса.