"The World Bank Group congratulates the Ukrainian Leadership on the successful first reading of the law to lift the moratorium on agricultural land sales," the Bank said in a statement on Facebook
Parmi les mesures que Volodymyr Zelensky veut faire passer pour « relancer l’économie » de l’Ukraine, la levée du moratoire sur la vente des terres agricoles pourrait se transformer en désastre digne des années qui ont suivi la chute de l’URSS.
If we are to take the matter of quid pro quos seriously, we should take the measure of over US$20 billion of aid forcing Ukraine to privatize its land and its economy for the profit of a few Western interests.
Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to remove a ban on the sale of farmland for the first time in nearly two decades, a move supported by the country’s foreign backers that risks a political backlash.
Le président ukrainien Volodimir Zelenski a déclaré lundi que le projet gouvernemental de vente des terres agricoles du pays à des investisseurs étrangers, auquel s'oppose la majorité de la population, serait tranché par référendum.
The President of Ukraine, in a video address to the nation, said that the issue of farmland sales to foreigners and companies founded by foreigners will be submitted to an all-Ukrainian referendum.
The World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have reaffirmed their support for the Ukrainian government’s plans to lift a more than decade-long moratorium on the purchases of Ukrainian farmland
The government’s plans to open up the land market are stirring fears that Ukraine’s coveted black earth will be bought up by foreigners, including Russians. Report from Associated Press.
Some 81% of Ukrainians oppose the sale of agricultural land to foreigners and 74% say that any change in these rules should be decided through a national referendum, a new survey says