1st YES Annual Meeting, 2004
Navigate the meeting1st YES Annual Meeting: "The new boarders of the European Union: a new strategy for partnership?"
July 1–3, 2004
In July 2004 Victor Pinchuk gathered about 30 European leaders for the first Yalta European Seminar to debate Ukraine’s prospects of joining the EU. Participants included Prime Minister of Canada (1993–2003) Jean Chrétien, French MP Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a member of the European Parliament Marek Siwiec. Following the seminar, an independent philanthropic foundation, the Yalta European Strategy (YES), was established in Ukraine.
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«We must remember, that in this war against Russia, we are fighting not only for our territory but also for our democratic choice to build a country where the rights of everybody are protected, the government is accountable, the judiciary is independent and the police do not beat students who are peacefully protesting»