The bumpy road. Difficult reform process in Ukraine
The bumpy road. Difficult reform process in Ukraine

Author(s): Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz Iwański, Tadeusz A. Olszański, Piotr Żochowski
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems, Geopolitics
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: Ukraine; reform
Summary/Abstract: The post-Maidan Ukrainian government found itself forced to launch a comprehensive state reform process due to both the deep crisis in all the key areas of the state’s operation and the enormous demand for change among the Ukrainian public. The promise to carry out structural reforms based on the European model became a key point in Kyiv’s political rhetoric. However, one year after the formation of the second cabinet led by Arseniy Yatsenyuk (2 December 2014) and one and a half years since the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko as president (7 June 2014), it is clear that the reform process in Ukraine is moving at a snail’s pace and is far from fulfilling its post-Maidan declarations. It has also provoked increasing frustration among the public due to the lack of expected effects.

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