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Who is Wilfred Martins?
KIEV, November 11 (Itar-Tass) -- A new party based on the opposition bloc “Our Ukraine” will appear in Ukraine soon, the Opposition’s presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday. The party “will profess European values”, he said.
The representatives of all political forces affiliated to Our Ukraine have agreed to the formation of the new party, Yushchenko said after a meeting with the president of the European People’s Party, Wilfred Martins.
Yushchenko and Martins discussed the presidential election in Ukraine. The run-off is due on November 21.
The two men also considered ways of making contacts between Ukrainian and European political parties closer and more frequent.
The European People’s Party includes 68 parties of Christian democratic and conservative ideologies.
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