Crisis and EU foreign policy / Policy Brief
Post-Orange Ukraine: The lesser evil?
21/01/2010 By Balázs Jarábik, Natalia Shapovalova
With Viktor Yanukovych, the largest opposition party leader, and Yulia Tymoshenko, the current Prime Minister, competing in the second round run-off of the presidential election in Ukraine on February 7, Ukrainians will have to elect ‘the lesser evil’. While the election result is difficult to predict, it is clear that Ukraine will continue to be politically turbulent in the short and mid-term. Although it is thought that the eventual loser will likely question the election results, no matter who wins, the two candidates are not generally perceived as capable of consolidating the country’s fragile democracy and improving governance.
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Bio author: Balázs Jarábik
Belarus. Ukraine. Russia. Caucasus. Central Asia. Eurasia. Commonwealth of Independent States.Democracy promotion.
Bio author: Natalia Shapovalova
Ukraine. Eastern Partnership. EU enlargement. Russia. Caucasus.
