Rada chairman says parliament ready for extraordinary session on 45-bill package tied to international financing
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk said the Ukrainian parliament is prepared to convene an extraordinary session to vote on a package of 45 draft laws that international partners require as a condition for financial support. As of his briefing in Kharkiv, 7 of the 45 bills had already passed a first reading, 18 had not yet been submitted to parliament by the government, and the rest were at earlier stages.
Key points
- Package covers 45 draft laws tied to international financial support for Ukraine.
- 7 of the 45 bills had passed a first reading in the Verkhovna Rada as of the briefing.
- 18 of the 45 bills had not yet been submitted to parliament by the government.
- Minimum review timelines are 14 days each between submission and first reading, and between first and second reading.
- Stefan Stefanchuk said some MPs are abusing the amendment process by submitting more than 1,000 amendments per bill.
- He said the Rada is ready to hold an extraordinary session to vote on the bills once the documents are ready.
- Earlier, the Rada failed to pass three laws that could have unlocked over USD 4 billion in international financing.
Why it matters
Passage of the 45-bill package is a precondition for unlocking international financial support, and any slowdown — whether from bills not yet submitted by the government or from procedurally heavy amendment processes — risks holding up that funding. The offer to convene extraordinarily is an attempt to accelerate passage after the Rada's recent failure to adopt three bills that would have unlocked over USD 4 billion.
What happened
Speaking at a briefing in Kharkiv following a presentation on the new Civil Code of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk laid out the state of the 45-bill legislative package tied to international financial support. Seven of the 45 bills had already passed a first reading; 18 had not yet been submitted to parliament by the government. Stefanchuk set out the minimum procedural timelines — 14 days from submission to first reading and 14 days from first to second reading — and noted that actual review timelines will depend on the volume of amendments filed. He criticised some MPs for abusing the amendment process by tabling more than 1,000 amendments per bill, and said the Rada is ready to convene an extraordinary session as soon as the legislation is ready for a vote.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Both Ukrainian-language sources — a media outlet and a news agency — lead with Stefanchuk's statement and frame it around the Rada's readiness to act. Coverage focuses on institutional actors (the Verkhovna Rada, its chairman, MPs) and on the domestic legislative process that must be completed to unlock external funding.
Background
Stefanchuk made the remarks at a briefing in Kharkiv following the presentation of work on the new Civil Code of Ukraine. Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada failed to pass three laws that could have unlocked over USD 4 billion in international financing for Ukraine.