The European Parliament extended until 2019 cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada in the framework of the memorandum of understanding and cooperation.

"The European Parliament supported the continuation of cooperation with the Ukrainian parliament for the entire term of the European Parliament until 2019. And I want to give you this memorandum, "said Elmar Brok, head of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, at a joint briefing with Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andrei Parubiy and coordinator of the European Parliament's program on enhancing the Verkhovna Rada's institutional capacity Pat Cox in Kiev.

He noted that the discussion at the meeting in the "Jean Monet Dialogue" format showed how difficult it is to change the established, traditional relations in the parliament between the majority and the opposition, as well as to change the relations between the parliament and the government.

"It is important to remember that the opposition is the government of tomorrow. But those who are in power today, probably, will be in opposition tomorrow. Thus, both parts of the parliament are interested in its reform, "Brock said..