Brussels, Belgium, July 22, 2025 (AFP) - EU calls Ukraine vote on anti-graft agencies 'serious step back'

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2025-07-22

The EU's enlargement commissioner on Tuesday slammed a vote by Ukrainian lawmakers to remove the independence of two anti-corruption bodies in the war-torn country. "Seriously concerned over today's vote in the Rada. The dismantling of key safeguards protecting NABU's independence is a serious step back," Marta Kos wrote on X, using the initials of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. Kos said the independence of the agency, and of an......

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