The Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law “On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine (Regarding the Strategic Course of the State for Acquiring Full-fledged Membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)” initiated by the President. As for the decision, 334 MPs out of needed 300 voted in favor, the correspondent of Ukrinform reports.
Before the vote in the Verkhovna Rada, President Petro Poroshenko took the floor. This document introduces amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, which establish the irreversibility of the strategic course of the state to gain full membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
At the same time, an item that provides for the use of existing military bases on the territory of Ukraine for the temporary stay of foreign military formations under lease terms in accordance with international treaties was excluded from the international provisions of the Constitution. Now in the Preamble of the Constitution, the wording on the European identity of the Ukrainian people and the irreversibility of the European and Euro-Atlantic course of Ukraine will be laid down.
