Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli told journalists Wednesday that the European Union would consider Ukraine's application for a new program of macro-financial assistance over the next few months.
The European Union will decide on granting Ukraine a third tranche of EUR 600 million under the current Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program before the end of the year, according to Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli.
Ukraine and the European Union will work on a new macro-financial assistance program for 2018-2019, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on air of one of the Ukrainian TV channels.
Ukraine must show progress in reforms to get macrofinancial support from the EU, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker told a press conference in Brussels following the fifth Eastern Partnership Summit November 24.
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze claims that Kyiv still has a few weeks to fulfill the conditions in order to receive the latest tranche of macroeconomic assistance from the European Union, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reports.