The European Union feels compelled to express its serious concern about the latest turn taken by the political crisis in Ukraine.
The latest developments give rise to fears that the willingness of the feuding parties to work together to find ways out of the political crisis is diminishing.
Against this background, the Presidency of the European Union urgently calls on all those involved to continue political talks and to further undertake all possible endeavours to reach a joint solution. The longer the crisis endures, the harder it will be to find a political compromise.
The EU expressly welcomes the fact that the Ukrainian media have been able to report on the crisis without any restrictions, and that freedom of opinion and the right to demonstrate have been respected. It demands that democratic and constitutional rights continue to be guaranteed in full.
