Sir, – Perhaps The Irish Times could find a better description than "Pro-EU" for the protesters in Kiev (World News January 13th). Some of those who have taken to the Maidan in the Ukrainian capital undoubtedly favour the European Union but a very numerous, active and vociferous group does not.
Members of the All Ukrainian Union Svoboda have been to the fore in the demonstrations. Svoboda, through the Alliance of European National Movements, is linked to the British National Party, the far-right Hungarian group Jobbik, the French National Front, the Italian neo-fascist organisation Fiamma Tricolore and other far-right movements within the EU.
The Alliance’s aim, shared by Svoboda, is to dismantle the EU and replace it with a “Confederation of Sovereign States.” Pro-EU it most certainly is not. – Yours, etc,
SEAMUS MARTIN,
Raymond Street,
Dublin 8.