Ukraine’s Parliament has reported that it has established a new state award for European integration. 271 MPs voted for bill No. 15359 establishing the Order of Europe.
The order can go to Ukrainian citizens and foreigners for outstanding personal service in supporting Ukraine’s strategic course toward full EU membership, for significant contributions to helping Ukraine strengthen its resilience in defending its independence and the security of all Europe, and for strengthening international cooperation in the interests of democracy, peace, good neighborliness, and friendly relations between peoples.
Ukraine scored 9 out of 100 on reform plan it signed with Brussels
Ukraine has completed 9 of 100 possible points in the first three months of the 10-priority reform plan it agreed with the European Commission in December 2025, according to an assessment by Transparency International Ukraine and the New Europe Center.
Monitors found zero progress on prosecutor reform.
In July 2025, Zelenskyy signed legislation subordinating Ukraine’s main anti-corruption agencies to political control in the same week that Brussels had quietly scheduled the opening of Ukraine’s first negotiating cluster. The law was reversed after mass protests.
Award’s second criterion is one that Europe is actually watching
The order’s three criteria include contributions to Ukraine’s resilience in defending its independence and the security of all of Europe. That is the argument Ukraine now makes in Brussels and Paris: that its army, its drones, and its defense industry are a European asset, not a European charity.
Italy’s defense minister called this week for a continental defense architecture including Ukraine. France agreed this week to license a continental defense architecture to help Ukraine build Aster missiles. Ten countries have also joined Ukraine’s anti-ballistic coalition.
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