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The Institute of World Policy (IWP) has launched the “European President” project. It is an expert study that aims to determine whether the main presidential candidates are capable to integrate Ukraine to the European Union.“The aim of the project is to weed out the Euro-populists and particularly the enemies of the European integration; to analyze who is ready to implement the European agenda in practice. Our project is a kind of a microscope that aims to define an anti-European virus in order to cure Ukraine forever”, – stresses the director of the Institute of World Policy Alyona Getmanchuk.
The “European president” project consists of several elements. First of all, Ukrainian and foreign experts will evaluate the “Europeaness” of the candidates during a polll. Secondly, the actions of candidates connected to the European integration will be analyzed. And thirdly, the IWP will ask the participants of the election race to fill in “European president” questionnaire.
The last element is of particular importance, as the answers of the candidates will be published. It will help to control the actions of future president (as well as the defeated politicians), and demand the explanations, if they decide to change their stand next day after voting. The presentation of the project will take place on the eve of Election Day.
The “European president” initiative is conducted within the framework of the “New European policy” project and with the support of the “The Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Pact.