Dear Mr. President! \nWe, the heads of non-governmental organizations, strongly support the course you have proclaimed for Ukraine's entry into the EU and NATO. \nIn our understanding, European and Euro-Atlantic integration processes are synonyms for the introduction of civilizational, democratic, and humanitarian standards acquired by humanity over its millennia-long history. This is the cornerstone of the daily life of a true citizen, it is the foundation of foundations for the revival of the primordial European nature of Ukrainianness, it is the spiritual goal of each of our compatriots personally. \nTo our great regret, irresponsible political technologies directed by Your opponents during the presidential election campaign to discredit the European and Euro-Atlantic ideas led to an unprecedented decline in the level of support by Ukrainians for the legally defined course of Ukraine's entry into the EU and NATO. Given the actual start of the parliamentary election campaign, the never-ending propagandists are pulling out stereotypes from the "Cold War" era, anti-NATO and anti-EU cards, continuing to frighten the Ukrainian people with anti-Western scarecrows. \nWe believe that it is public organizations that are capable of transferring the discussion from the level of foreign policy declarations to the level of Ukrainians' self-awareness of their organic belonging to Europeanness in all its dimensions. \nIn this regard, we propose: \n1.\tOn the basis of the experience of the countries — new members of the European Union, to legislatively secure for public organizations priorities in educational work regarding the course of the new Ukraine toward integration into the EU. \n2.\tTo create favorable conditions for the activities of public organizations, legislatively securing for them the possibility of receiving funds from domestic business structures. \nThe draft law is attached. \nThe letter is open for signing by other public organizations. \nWith deep respect, \n \nIlko Kucheriv, Director of the "Democratic Initiatives" Foundation \n \nAnatoliy Tkachuk, Director of the Institute of Civil Society \n \nIhor Popov, Chairman of the Board of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine \nOleksandr Sushko, Director of the Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine \n
European integration is too important a matter to entrust to politicians. Open letter from leaders of civil society organizations to President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko
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