Zheleznyak: resignation of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers will send European integration laws to the chopping block

The resignation of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers will lead to the automatic withdrawal of a number of draft laws whose adoption Ukraine’s Western partners have been pushing for.

This warning was issued by Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

According to Zheleznyak, the draft laws at risk include legislation on the taxation of parcels, on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and a draft law on adopting an anti-corruption strategy. Votes on all of these documents will be postponed.

“By the way, let me remind you that when the government resigns, all draft laws that have not been passed in the first reading are withdrawn. They will receive the status of withdrawn. A heap of obligations will go to the chopping block […] as well as a heap of European integration laws,” the deputy wrote in his Telegram channel.

Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky announced his intention to replace the Cabinet of Ministers and the Prime Minister of Ukraine. The resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko is tentatively scheduled for July 14, with the appointment of a new prime minister set for July 15.