Systematic support for Ukraine with a plan to restore it for EUR100 billion, tougher sanctions against Russia and overall energy independence are the main postulates that Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki presented at a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on March 1.
According to the report on the website of the Polish government, Morawiecki stressed the need for a broader view of the Ukrainian issue.
“It is also very important to prepare an investment package for Ukraine, because the economy needs new investments and new jobs, and energy security is necessary as an important element of recovery after the war, which may end soon,” the official said.
According to him, this will also lead to the fact that this part of Europe will finally become independent of Russian gas, oil and coal.
“This is a necessary condition for peace to reign here in the long term,” the prime minister of Poland summed up.
During his visit to Brussels, Morawiecki demanded the most detailed package of sanctions and stressed that it was necessary.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says there are currently no threats to the functioning of the national economy, except for disinformation pressure.
“There are no threats to the functioning of the national economy, except for information, especially disinformation pressure. There are no other factors that can destabilize the national economy today,” Shmyhal said after the NSDC meeting on Monday evening.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said the government has no plans to introduce a full lockdown across the country.
“We do not plan to introduce a full lockdown across the country and stop the economy. But as the president said: the only alternative to lockdown is precisely mass vaccination,” Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Wednesday.
The prime minister also said that several more regions may soon fall into the “red” zone.
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Marchuk died on Thursday morning, his wife Larysa Ivshyna said.
“Black day […] Yevhen Marchuk died […]. Heart stopped,” she said on her Facebook page.
Marchuk was 80 years old.
He was first acting head of the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from November 1991 to July 1994. Marchuk headed the Ukrainian government from March 1995 to May 1996, and from June 2003 to September 2004 he was the Minister of Defense.
He also had the rank of General of the Army of Ukraine.
Marchuk represented Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) from November 2018 to May 2019.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal instructed the relevant ministries and departments to issue clarifications regarding the launch of the land market.
“In less than a week, the land market will start operating in Ukraine. We held a preparatory meeting with representatives of ministries, the President’s Office, the NSDC secretary and members of the specialized committees of the Verkhovna Rada,” Shmyhal wrote in his Telegram channel.
The prime minister said that he instructed the relevant departments to pay special attention to the process of starting the reform.
“He also instructed the Ministry of Agrarian Ministry, the Ministry of Justice and the State Tax Service to issue clarifications regarding the land market, the work of notaries and to maximize the resolution of issues that Ukrainians may have,” he said.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says that as a result of the public administration reform, the maximum number of civil servants in the central executive authorities and their territorial units should decrease by about 10%.
“Efficiency in the work of civil servants should be in the first place. The government is taking important steps to complete the reform of public administration. As part of this initiative, the maximum number of civil servants in the central administrative office and their territorial units should be reduced by about 10%,” Shmyhal said in the Telegram channel.
The prime minister said that a bill is also being prepared to reform the system of remuneration of civil servants based on the classification of positions, which will make it impossible to pay allowances to officials on a subjective basis and will increase the prestige of the civil service.
“The key steps in the implementation of the project were discussed at a meeting with the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the National Civil Service Agency. These four departments will be the first to introduce a new financial model. And then, the remuneration system should make money in other public institutions,” Shmyhal said.
