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The EU’s soft position is making it harder for pro-rights groups to lobby (Photo: compscigrad)

EU and Ukraine: too busy to protect gay rights?

The new Ukrainian government has just made a u-turn on protecting gay rights and the European Commission is playing along.

The Ukrainian cabinet recently submitted a package of bills needed to implement the first phase of the EU visa-free travel procedure. A bill prohibiting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the workplace was not among them. For its part, the EU agreed that it is "not the right time".

It is true the Ukrainian government has its hands full.

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver
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