This is the opinion reached by participants of the round table "100 Days of the New Government. A View from Non-Governmental Analytical Centers," which took place in Kyiv on Thursday.
Valeriy Chalyy, director of international programs at the Razumkov Center, stated that "the political-diplomatic breakthrough in relations with the United States, which is a significant achievement of the president, is not yet supported by economic indicators, in particular investment."
He also noted that the crisis of trust that existed on the part of European Western countries toward the previous government has been replaced by trust in the new one. However, this cannot be said about the eastern direction.
"The new Ukrainian government has demonstrated that it is ready for pragmatic, mutually beneficial relations with Russia, but today there is a problem of dialogue. I would not say that this is a cooling, but a phase of waiting is felt," said the expert.
As Chalyy emphasized, today it is very important to establish this political dialogue with Ukraine's main strategic partner — Russia. "This is a very important partner for cooperation and for European integration aspirations," he noted.
As Ihor Koliushko, director of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms, noted, in 100 days the new government "has done little, but at the same time, there were many general declarations made by the government and the president."
According to Koliushko, the current team — the former opposition — came to power "without having draft documents, without having candidates for various positions, in the government in particular."
He believes that among the negatives of the government over the past 100 days is that it conducts the legislative process very weakly.
"Yes, the laws on the Cabinet of Ministers and on central executive bodies have not yet been adopted," said Koliushko, expressing doubt that this work will be completed before the parliamentary elections.
According to him, in 100 days the president submitted 13 draft laws to parliament, and the Cabinet of Ministers submitted 35 draft laws. Koliushko emphasized that in the history of Ukraine "there have never been such low indicators of legislative activity by the president and, even more so, by the Cabinet of Ministers."