A host of European leaders have on Thursday welcomed the news that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law restoring independence to his country’s main anti-corruption agencies.

After parliament passed a law on July 22nd reining in the anti-corruption agencies, protesters filled Ukraine’s streets. The country’s Western allies, who bankroll its government, made thinly veiled threats to withhold funds.

The European Commission believes that Law No. 13533, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) on 31 July, has reinstated key safeguards for the independence of anti-corruption bodies in Ukraine - the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) - but has stressed that this is not the end of the process of anti-corruption reforms.