Parliament Adopts New Anti-Corruption Strategy to Secure €400 Million from the EU
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy has submitted an updated anti-corruption strategy for 2026–2030 to parliament.
The document is one of the conditions for Ukraine to receive 400 million euros under the European Union’s Ukraine Facility program. The strategy outlines further steps to strengthen the fight against corruption.
According to her, the corresponding bill combines three versions of the document: one prepared based on the text from the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, a parliamentary version, and a version from the previous government.
The document includes provisions on reforming the procedure for appointing the Prosecutor General, which is to become transparent and based on professional merit, reform of the appointment of the director of the State Bureau of Investigations, including performance evaluations of staff; the reinstatement of competitive selection processes within the prosecutor’s office; as well as improvements to the selection of Supreme Court justices and the temporary involvement of independent experts in the formation of judicial governance bodies.
Radina emphasized that all these provisions comply with the European Union’s official benchmarks under the “Fundamentals” cluster, the implementation of which is necessary for Ukraine’s progress toward EU membership.
In addition, the committee amended the draft law to include provisions on the management of seized assets by ARMA, retained the provision on a phased transition to transparent competitive selection processes in the National Police, and added a separate section dedicated to the legal profession and the provision of legal aid.
The document also includes anti-corruption measures in the fields of education, customs, natural resource management, and other sectors.
According to Radina, the full text of Bill No. 15230-d is expected to be published on the Verkhovna Rada’s website shortly.
She emphasized that the document is ready for consideration by parliament in the first reading. Radina will submit amendments for the second reading “with more ambitious wording, particularly regarding the justice sector.”
She also noted that Ukraine’s receipt of approximately 400 million euros under the Ukraine Facility depends on the timely adoption of the Anti-Corruption Strategy.
As previously reported, the NACP press service announced that two drafts of the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2026–2030 had been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration, each of which is based on the draft bill developed and published by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention in early April.
Anastasia Radina, chair of the relevant anti-corruption committee, announced this on Facebook.
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