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  • Ukraine’s government : Tragedy and farce | The Economist
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    Tensions between president and prime minister may further derail Ukraine

    SHAME! Shame! Shame!” roared the crowd when Ukraine’s leaders appeared at a recent ceremony honouring the Maidan victims. Protesters accused President Petro Poroshenko of breaking promises. A year after the “revolution of dignity” began, the politicians are being anything but dignified. A month has passed since the general election and still Ukraine has no government. Fights over cabinet posts or parliamentary seating speak to a lack of urgency. “It’s a circus, a kindergarten,” says Maria Zhartovskaya, political correspondent for Ukrainskaya Pravda, a website.

    Now five pro-Western parties have signed a coalition agreement. Mr Poroshenko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the prime minister, promise that the government will follow soon. But competition is hampering negotiations. The voters unexpectedly put Mr Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front first in the election. That was a blow to Mr Poroshenko, and leaves Ukraine with two power centres. The pair have descended into disagreement and posturing, raising fears of a repeat of the tensions that emerged after the Orange revolution.

    Mr Poroshenko and Mr Yatsenyuk have never been close. Ukraine’s Western allies are working hard to keep them together. Yet efforts to merge their parties into one ahead of the election failed—some say the two could not agree on a name. Lviv’s mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, whose Samopomich party is the third arm of the coalition, frets about “misunderstandings and little fights”. The main ones are now over the jobs of interior minister, justice minister and parliamentary speaker.

    Il y a 8 jours que l’accord de coalition a été conclu — il y a même eu 3 cérémonies officielles de signature — et toujours pas de gouvernement…

    Il y a au moins deux points sur lesquels tout le monde est d’accord :
    • il est URGENT de réformer
    • MAIS, auparavant, il reste quelques détails pratiques (nominations) à régler…