Introduction: Global Europa? How, When and to Whom?
Journal: Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
Year: 2015

In November 2013, Ukrainians were flocking to Kyiv’s central Independence Square, the Maidan Nezalezhnosti, in protest at President Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a new Association Agreement (AA) with the European Union (EU). Even though the demonstrations were primarily about internal Ukrainian issues, the demonstrators’ dissatisfaction with their government erupted around the question of Ukraine’s ties to the EU. In the months following the outbreak of the protest, Ukraine has substantial