The EU's relations with Ukraine are governed by an Association Agreement. This Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, was negotiated over the period 2007-2011 and initialed in 2012. On 21 March 2014 the EU and Ukraine signed the political provisions of the Association Agreement, underlining their joint commitment to proceed to the signature and conclusion of the remaining parts of the Agreement. On 8 January 2015, the European Commission, on behalf of the EU, proposed further macro-financial assistance to Ukraine of up to €1.8 billion in medium-term loans. It was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 15 April 2015. It can be implemented in the course of 2015, and in early 2016, and would be the third MFA programme for Ukraine since 2010. The European Commission has already disbursed €1.61 billion in support of Ukraine under two previous MFA programmes. A key objective of the EU support in the energy sector is to facilitate swift implementation of transparency and reforms in line with Ukraine's Energy Community and Association Agreement commitments. Read more at http://europa.eu
