Some still consider our country “too early” to be competitive on a par with other members of the Union.
Denmark and the Netherlands do not support granting Ukraine's application to join the European Union. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing a diplomatic note.
It says that, according to Denmark , our country does not meet the criteria for stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, rule of law, human rights, respect and protection of minorities. They are convinced that our country needs to “fundamentally improve its legislative and institutional framework”, then progress will be made in these areas.
Denmark also believes that today our country is “at a very early stage” to become a member of the EU and create an efficient market economy in order to be competitive.
However, most countries support granting Ukraine candidate status , including Italy. According to media reports, Poland, Lithuania and Ireland want EU leaders to decide on a clear outcome. Estonia also stressed the need to give hope to Ukraine.
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Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina said that there are three EU countries that do not support Ukraine's candidate status.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that Ukraine will not accept any surrogate versions or alternatives to the status of a candidate for EU membership.
It will be recalled that The European Council will discuss granting Ukraine candidate status at the next meeting on June 23-24.
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