This morning, the political bureau of the European People's Party, which is holding a meeting in Brussels, unanimously decided to admit the "Our Ukraine" bloc to the party as an observer. The EPP political bureau expressed its readiness to assist the tasks set by President Viktor Yushchenko regarding Ukraine's European integration.\n\nThe party leadership is ready to consider in a short time the issue of granting full membership to the party that will be created on the basis of "Our Ukraine." The bloc's political council was represented by People's Deputy Yuriy Pavlenko.\n\nAs reported by the "Our Ukraine" press service, he called this "an important decision of the party that has the largest faction in the European Parliament, which includes the ruling parties of 12 of the 25 EU countries." According to the deputy, this is recognition that fundamental changes have begun in Ukraine. "The admission of 'Our Ukraine' to the EPP is support for the policy declared by Viktor Yushchenko as the leader of this bloc," he believes.\n\nY. Pavlenko is convinced that such a step will stimulate the creation in Ukraine of "a single powerful people's party." "This is the beginning of Ukraine's political European integration," he stated.