On Tuesday 11 July, the Council adopted a decision, on behalf of the EU, to conclude the association agreement with Ukraine. This decision is the final step in the ratification process for the agreement, which will fully enter into force on 1 September.
While several political and sectoral parts of this agreement, and of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement, have been applied provisionally since 1 September 2014 and 1 January 2016, the full entry into force "will now give a...