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The current political situation in Ukraine relating to the conviction of the former premier and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko clearly illustrates the urgent need for judicial reform in Ukraine. The European Union should be ready to provide assistance and take steps that would help to modernise the legal system and to strengthen the rule of law in Ukraine. There are also doubts with regard to the transparency and impartiality of the trial. Independent bodies have clearly stated that the trial did not meet international democratic standards. The critical situation in that country should be viewed seriously and not relativised. While it is important to try to prevent similar situations arising in future, it is equally important to secure a fair and impartial legal process to replace politically-biased judicial processes by putting in place a modern, impartial judiciary. I hope that we will be witnesses to an appeal process in which the Ukrainian judiciary will not ignore the European institutions’ condemnation of the tendentious and undemocratic nature of the trial. We need to work together to create conditions which will strengthen the European integration process in Ukraine on the basis of common values, respect for individual rights and the application of democratic standards."@en1
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