In Vienna, they hastened to assure that the country's position is not that our state should refuse this issue.
Ukraine will not be able to join the European Union in the next 5-10 years, said the Austrian Minister for EU Affairs and Constitutional Affairs Carolyn Edtstadler.
According to Euractiv , the official believes that the process of our accession to the EU will be long, it “certainly can not be achieved in the next five to ten years” because “some countries in the West The Balkans have been waiting for decades for the next step. “Edsstadler said that there will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU. Before this statement, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg noted that our country probably needs to look for new ways to get closer to the EU, in addition to membership.
“The Minister of Foreign Affairs also wanted to say that you may also have to show creativity in the way you acquaint Ukraine with Western values. Obviously, Ukraine heard the refusal of EU membership, and this is not what was meant. and this is not Austria's position, “Edtstadler said.
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It will be recalled that on April 8, Ukraine received a questionnaire to acquire the status of a candidate member of the European Union. The document was handed over personally after talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Kyiv has already submitted the first part of the questionnaire to the European Union , the answers to which will allow us to assess our ability to obtain the status of a candidate for EU >.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina said that Ukraine could receive EU candidate status in June.
Is the European Union ready to grant Ukraine candidate status? Which countries can slow down the granting of this status to our country? Answers to these and other questions – in the article Oleksandra Sushko “Ukrainian crossroads of the European Union”.
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