EU warns Ukraine to stay on reform track or risk landmark deal

Recent \"disturbing\" political developments in Ukraine could stand in the way of a landmark political association and free trade deal with the European Union, the bloc\'s enlargement commissioner warned Wednesday, dpa reported. \"If we want to sign the association agreement - and I\'m convinced we do as it is in our shared interest - the way forward for the authorities is not through bringing more and more disturbing news,\" Stefan Fule told the European Parliament. Kiev hopes that the agreement - half a decade in the making and the first of its kind between the EU and an eastern neighbour - will be signed in November at an Eastern Partnership summit in Lithuania. Two weeks after an EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels, developments in Ukraine \"continue to present us with a paradox,\" Fule said, praising the \"constructive atmosphere\" of the summit and Kiev\'s \"unequivocal commitments\" to address democratic shortcomings and concerns over selective justice. \"Meanwhile there are a number of developments which go contrary to the commitments taken at the summit,\" the commissioner added.