{"id":9525,"date":"2025-11-28T19:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=9525"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:43:25","slug":"eu-issues-warning-to-ukraine-over-graft-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/eu-issues-warning-to-ukraine-over-graft-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"EU issues warning to Ukraine over graft scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev must prove it has a \u201crobust\u201d system to deal with top-level corruption to get accepted into the bloc, a top EU official says<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine must prosecute and convict high-profile figures implicated in corruption schemes to be able to join the EU, the bloc’s Justice Commissioner, Michael McGrath, has said.<\/p>\n

McGrath issued the warning in an interview with Politico published on Friday amid the latest twist in the $100 million graft scandal that has been rocking Ukraine over the last couple of weeks.  <\/p>\n

Earlier on Friday, Ukraine’s Western-backed anti-corruption agencies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), raided the properties of Vladimir Zelensky’s powerful chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, who resigned later the same day.  <\/p>\n

In order to be able to join the EU – one of the cornerstone promises of the post-2014 Maidan authorities – Kiev must be able to actually prosecute and convict any high-profile figures implicated in corruption, McGrath stated. Ukraine will not receive any special treatment, and the bloc’s “rule of law standards”<\/em> apply to all the aspirants, he warned.  <\/p>\n

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“There has to be, in every candidate country, a robust system for dealing with alleged high-level corruption cases. You need to have a robust system for investigation and ultimately prosecutions and convictions and demonstrate a track record of effectiveness in that area,”<\/em> McGrath said.<\/p>\n

The ongoing corruption scandal erupted earlier this month, when NABU and SAP announced a probe into an alleged crime ring allegedly led by Timur Mindich, a former close business associate of the Ukrainian leader. The group is believed to have been siphoning funds from state-owned nuclear power operator Energoatom, a company heavily reliant on Western aid. Mindich managed a narrow escape, fleeing the country hours before his properties were raided.<\/p>\n

Asked about Ukraine’s progress in fighting corruption, McGrath provided a vague answer, stating Brussels maintains “a very open and honest relationship with Ukrainian authorities”<\/em> about the requirements the country has to meet to join the bloc.<\/p>\n

“I think they are making best efforts to achieve the required standard. It is a journey, and we monitor developments closely, and we remain in ongoing contact with Ukrainian authorities about issues that come to our attention or that are reported publicly,”<\/em> the commissioner claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiev must prove it has a \u201crobust\u201d system to deal with top-level corruption to get accepted into the bloc, a top EU official says Ukraine must prosecute and convict high-profile figures implicated in corruption schemes to be able to join the EU, the bloc’s Justice Commissioner, Michael McGrath, has said….<\/p>\n

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