Mykola Tomenko: The Majority of Ukrainian Citizens accept Ukraine as their own State
Opening the Parliamentary Hearings "National Identity in Ukraine under the Conditions of Globalization Challenges: Problems and Ways of Preservation" Mykola Tomenko named the theme essential.
"Ukraine received considerable level of public identity, but the most essential issues for today is the national identity", - M. Tomenko.
The Vice-Chairman declared that today, Ukraine had made big step forward in the framework of the public identity matter. He cited the results of public opinion poll according to which, in the year 2002 49% of respondents were proud of the fact they are Ukrainians and in the year 2007- 65%.
In fact, the issues of the national identity are more complicated according to the Vice-Chairman. "The major factor in this issue remains informational policy."
The Vice-Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine emphases that one of the most powerful instruments determining national identity if Ukrainian language and culture. "One must clearly comprehend that the importance of national language or culture is not formed neither by the Laws of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine nor by the Orders of the President and Government", - M. Tomenko emphasized.