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Last year a 83,800 strong public petition forced president Volodymyr Zelensky to make more stringent an electronic asset declaration registry — reporting the incomes and assets of Ukrainian officials and their family members (Photo: Jesus Monroy Lazcano)

The problem of corruption in Ukraine — and a solution

As the war rages on in Ukraine, the country remains keen to progress in its bid to join the European Union. In mid-March, Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal even expressed the hope that accession negotiations could already start in the first half of this year, as proposed by the European Commission earlier this month.

Last summer, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen

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Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based EU policy analyst. He is the editor of BrusselsReport.eu and a research fellow at the Property Rights Alliance.

Last year a 83,800 strong public petition forced president Volodymyr Zelensky to make more stringent an electronic asset declaration registry — reporting the incomes and assets of Ukrainian officials and their family members (Photo: Jesus Monroy Lazcano)

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Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based EU policy analyst. He is the editor of BrusselsReport.eu and a research fellow at the Property Rights Alliance.

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