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The Kyiv Independent on MSNEU cuts next Ukraine Facility aid tranche over delayed reforms
The next tranche of EU financial assistance to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility mechanism will be smaller than planned due to Kyiv's failure to complete key reforms, European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier said on July 25.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reversed course, but it is unclear if that will quell the anger that erupted when he stripped anticorruption agencies of independence.
Volodymyr Zelensky faced public protests on Tuesday night after parliament backed a controversial bill limiting the power of anti-corruption agencies.
The European Union welcomed Ukraine's pledge to protect the independence of its anti-corruption agencies and said on Thursday that a commitment to fight corruption is an important precondition both for EU financial aid as well as for potential EU membership.