“EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT-2004: A NEW FORMAT FOR THE OLD WORLD” – an information-analytical report with this title was presented at a Round Table of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, which took place on June 22, 2004, at the “Ukrinform” agency. During the discussion, the round table participants touched upon the problems of the causes and consequences of declining voter turnout (in particular, in the Central and Eastern European countries – new members), the peculiarities of the electoral process in the European Union, the issue of creating new configurations of political forces and the influence on the European Union's policy toward Ukraine. The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on European Integration, Director of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Borys TARASIUK concluded that the EU enlargement and the victory in the Central and Eastern countries – new members of the European Union – of right-centrist political forces significantly strengthened the position of the European People's Party – European Democrats parliamentary group. According to him, instead of the existing group of European Parliament deputies for relations with Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova, a separate group on Ukraine will be created, which will have a positive effect on Ukraine's negotiation process with the European Union. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine Viktoras BAUBLYS confirmed Borys TARASIUK's conclusion, noting that the Baltic countries and the Visegrad Four understand better than others the specifics of the situation in which Ukraine finds itself, therefore it can count on new “new European” deputies. The work of the round table was also attended by Director of the Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr SUSHKO, Executive Director of the School of Political Analysis of NaUKMA Rostyslav PAVLENKO, Executive Director of the Center “Ukraine – European Choice” Oleksii KOLOMIIETS, Executive Director of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Serhii YEVTUSHENKO and expert of the Institute Volodymyr HORBACH.