title: Five minutes with Wilfried Martens, President of the European People’s Party: “Yulia Tymoshenko is a shining example of Ukraine’s democratic spirit.”
abstract: Viktor Yanukovich and his government in the Ukraine are under diplomatic pressure over the alleged beating in prison of ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Wilfried Martens, President of the European People’s Party, discusses with EUROPP editors Chris Gilson and Julian Kirchherr why he has called for a political boycott of this summer’s Euro 2012 competition in Ukraine and why he believes that the current government is trying to roll back the freedoms gained in the Orange Revolution.
journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)