Key facts
- Ukraine's parliament passed several bills on October 13, 2026, tied to Western funding.
- The government seeks to secure 29.5 billion euros ($33 billion) in financial assistance.
- Approximately 30 bills need to be passed by year-end to secure the funds.
- Three bills related to IMF and EU funding were supported in their first reading.
- A SEPA bill, aimed at aligning financial monitoring rules with EU standards, was removed from the agenda.
- Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi has engaged with lawmakers to expedite legislative progress.
Ukraine's parliament has passed several bills on October 13, 2026, as the government races to secure billions in financial assistance from international partners. The votes are critical as delays in meeting commitments have put 29.5 billion euros ($33 billion) in funding at risk, leading the government to suspend non-essential spending.
Lawmakers supported three bills in their first reading that are linked to funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union under the Ukraine Facility program. However, a long-debated bill concerning the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), intended to align Ukraine's financial monitoring rules with EU standards, was ultimately pulled from the agenda for a first-reading vote due to a lack of sufficient support.
Pro-government lawmaker Mykyta Poturaiev expressed frustration over the SEPA bill's delay, calling it "absolute nonsense" and a direct implementation of a European directive. The government is aiming to pass around 30 bills by the end of the year to secure the necessary funds.
Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi has been actively engaging with lawmakers to expedite the legislative process. He met with members of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party on October 12, alongside Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko. Despite these efforts, securing support for some key reforms, such as the anti-corruption strategy for 2026–2030, remains uncertain, with some lawmakers expressing doubts about its passage.