The Verkhovna Rada today, June 4, with the votes of 236 people’s representatives, adopted in the second reading Law No. 9432 on the use of the English language in Ukraine.
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People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported this on his Telegram channel.
This law:
- consolidates the status of English as one of the languages of international communication in Ukraine;
- determines categories of positions for which candidates are required to speak English;
- normalizes the specifics of using English in the work of government bodies, local governments, in the fields of education, culture, transport, healthcare, etc.
There was a discussion on amendment No. 336 (introduced the day before the adoption of the law), providing for budgetary support for cinemas for showing English-language films. It was supported (226), Zheleznyak noted.
Source: Racurs
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