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Ukraine is a hair’s breadth away from signing the Association Agreement with the European Union, but the country still needs to fulfil several conditions, which are requisite in the EU’s opinion, stated the President of Poland (1995 - 2005), and Chairman of the YES Board, Alexander Kwaśniewski on Saturday in Livadia Palace in Yalta, summarizing the results of the 10^th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”.

The Vilnius Summit in November, at which Ukraine and the European Union may sign their Association Agreement is only the beginning of the journey.  After that  the country will need to prove its capacity to fulfill its new obligations, and the government will need to contain results-oriented people, stated Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk  (“Batkivshchyna” faction).

Ukraine should be more democratic, improve the standards of market economy and implement a more effective social policy, said MP Serhiy Tigipko, Party of Regions faction, at the YES 10th Annual Meeting “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” on Saturday, at the Livadia Palace in Yalta.

Signing the planned Association Agreement with the European Union this November, in Vilnius, is a chance to implement systemic reforms. Vitali Klitschko, MP of Ukraine, Chairman of the “UDAR” Party, and leader of the namesake parliamentary faction, stated at the 10^th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy.

Ukraine needs time to decide on its position relative to the countries it neighbours,  stated the President of Kyiv School of Economics, Pavlo Sheremeta, at the 10^th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” on Saturday in Livadia Palace, Crimea.

The economic problems of Ukraine are very similar to the current situation in other developing markets – in particular, Indonesia and South Africa. This topic was covered by Professor of Stern School of Business, Nouriel Roubini, at the 10^th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy.

Over the next five years, global economic development will be determined by four key trends that have already emerged. This was the topic of the speech the world-renowned economic analyst, Professor of the Leonard Stern School of Business, Nouriel Roubini, gave to the 10th Annual Meeting of  the Yalta European Strategy “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”.

Over half of Ukrainians support the European ambitions of Ukraine, stated Ukrainian Member of Parliament and businessman, Petro Poroshenko at the 10^th Annual Meeting of YES “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” on Saturday in Yalta.

Ukraine has to make a choice between the two world’s major trade policy models.  Whatever choice it makes, Ukraine’s development will depend on the situation inside the country and its capability to resist external pressure and external challenges. This was the opinion voiced by former Director General of the World Trade Organisation, President of Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute, Pascal Lamy, during a discussion at the 10^th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy ongoing in Livadia Palace, Yalta.