Ursula von der Leyen has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy to express her "strong concerns" and demand "explanations" over a new law that weakens the independence of two of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies: the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
Under the legislation, approved by the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday and signed by Zelenskyy hours later, the two agencies are brought under the direct oversight of the prosecutor general, who is a political appointee.
