Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group, will go to Ukraine between 14 and 17 January to observe the presidential elections. Harms is the Greens/EFA representative in a delegation of nine MEPs.
The first round of the presidential elections is due to take place on 17 January. The delegation will meet the candidates Viktor Yushchenko (Independent Candidate), Viktor Yanukovych (Party of Regions) and Yulia Tymoshenko (All-Ukranian Union ‘Motherland’) among others. The European Parliament delegation is a part of the joint International Election Observation Mission.
For comments you can contact Rebecca Harms directly on +49-171-5325721 or her Berlin press officer Holger Michel on +49-178-6623679 or the press service of the Greens/EFA group.