Ukraine Looks to Safeguard Coalition as Another Party Leaves
- Samopomich follows ex-Premier Tymoshenko's party in quitting
- Radical Party, which exited in 2015, says it's ready to return
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk moved to shore up the ruling coalition and ease the threat of snap elections after this week’s failed bid to oust him.
Efforts to attract new members to the alliance appeared to pay off Thursday as the Radical Party said it’s ready to rejoin, having left last year. Yatsenyuk is courting other groups after ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna quit. Samopomich, another small party, left Thursday, effectively eliminating the coalition’s parliamentary majority.