Economy and Edukation of Ukraine: on the road to EU

Abstract

European integration is a civilized choice of Ukraine and one of the key demands of the Revolution of dignity. It occupies a special place in the system of foreign policy priorities of Ukraine. European integration for Ukraine is the way of economic modernization, overcoming of technological backwardness, attraction of foreign investments and new technologies, new jobs creation, increasing the competitiveness of domestic producers, access to world markets and particularly to the EU market. As an inalienable part of Europe, Ukraine is oriented on the socio-economic development model operating in leading European countries. The advantages of integration into the EU are related to the creation of reliable mechanisms for political and economic stability, democracy and security. Rapprochement with the EU is the guarantee, and the implementation of its requirements is a tool to build democratic institutions in the country. In addition, EU membership will open the way to the European Union common security collective structures, will ensure more effective coordination with the European countries, in particular in the field of export control. A moment comes in the European integration process of every country, when the foreign policy issues turn on a number of specific and highly complex internal policy objectives. For this reason, the presented monograph is concentrated on the disclosure of some main problems in the internal policy of Ukraine in achieving European integration level of development.