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Titolo: la NATO teme che il suo pupazzo perda le elezioni in Ucraina


Ukraine?s President Viktor Yushchenko, swept to power in the Orange
Revolution of 2004, may be the loser in this weekend?s parliamentary
elections, thwarting plans to forge closer ties with the European Union
and NATO, Bloomberg reported Friday citing the latest public opinion poll.
Yushchenko?s Our Ukraine party ranked second in the last poll conducted
before the vote, 13 percentage points behind the Regions Party of Viktor
Yanukovych. Yanukovych, who lost to Yushchenko in a re-run of the disputed
presidential election that sparked the November 2004 street protests,
supports closer ties with Russia.
Optimism fostered by the revolution has dissipated amid slowing economic
growth, accelerating inflation and a split between Yushchenko and his
first prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, after allegations of corruption.
The president and his erstwhile ally may be forced to overcome their
differences, said Ariel Cohen, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation in
Washington.
?The revolution-era allies will agree on a coalition in the new parliament
as any alliance between Yushchenko with Yanukovych isn?t possible,?? Cohen
said on March 22. ?If Yanukovych becomes prime minister, there is no way
Ukraine will enter NATO at all.??
The Regions Party was backed by 30.4 percent of voters in a Feb. 26-March
6 survey of 2009 eligible voters by the Kiev-based Democratic Initiative
Fund. Yushchenko?s party ranked second, with 17.1 percent. Timoshenko?s
party had 17 percent support. The survey had a margin of error of 2.2
percentage points.
Polls open at 7 a.m. on March 26 and close at 10 p.m. Local media will
issue exit polls, with the first official results expected to be released
on March 27. The new parliament may hold its first session two weeks after
the results are published.
A cabinet must be formed within 30 days of the first session. If a
government isn?t formed in time, Yushchenko has the right to dissolve
parliament and call new elections.
Yanukovych, 55, who draws much of his support from the Russian-speaking
regions in the east of the country, seeks closer ties with Russia.
Yushchenko, 52, has pledged to sell off more of the country?s biggest
companies, such as national phone company VAT Ukrtelecom and win
membership in the World Trade Organization, the EU and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
U.S. President George W. Bush signed a measure yesterday giving Ukraine
permanent normal trade relations, a prerequisite for that country to join
the WTO.
The Bush administration and the Ukraine government worked out terms for
joining the WTO earlier this year. Yushchenko was cited by members of the
U.S. Congress as a key reason to support the measure. The measure passed
Congress earlier this month.
Yuriy Yekhanurov, Ukraine?s acting Prime Minister and leader of
Yushchenko?s party, said in a March 19 interview it may take as long as
two months to agree on a new prime minister and cabinet.
Ukraine attracted a record $7.86 billion in foreign direct investment 2005
after the sale of the country?s biggest steelmaker and the second-largest
bank. Still, the average monthly wage was about $150 in 2005, compared
with $300 in Russia, $770 in Poland and $4,500 in Germany, according to
Bloomberg data.
Growth of the $80 billion Ukrainian economy slowed to 2.6 percent last
year from 12.3 percent the previous year after companies delayed expansion
plans following Tymoshenko?s calls for revision of the property rights.
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 plans following Tymoshenko?s calls for revision of the property rights.
Pazzesco, sono alla fame un pezzo d'africa in Europa. E vogliono entrare 
nell'UE... tra 50 anni forse li faranno entrare.