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the Supreme Council. Y. Lutsenko declared
that “time has come to find the new authority
to improve life today”. Y. Tymoshenko’s
position was even more radical. She called
for” taking immediate measures to stop the
creeping reaction of Kuchma’s regime”. On
the same day, the fourth congress of parties
“The people’s union Our Ukraine”. Its
participants appealed to V. Yushchenko to
terminate the authority of the Supreme
Council before due date and call the pre-term
elections.
April, 2 The President of Ukraine V. Yushchenko
2007 signed The decree about pre-term
termination of authorities of the Supreme
Council of the fifth convocation and called
out-of-time parliamentary elections on May,
27, 2007.
April, 5 The coalition of national unity and V.
2007 Yanukovych’s government declared that they
would not start preparations for pre-term
parliamentary elections until the ruling of the
Supreme Court regarding the constitutional
validity of the President’s decree
(presentation was performed by 53 coalition
deputies).
April, 18 The UEFA executive committee in Cardiff
2007 passed the resolution, presented by the UEFA
president Michel Platini. It was announced
that the European Football Championship of
2012 would take place in Ukraine and
Poland (Croatia and Hungary (jointly) and
Italy were challengers).

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