The European Commission confirms that most of the work that countries have been doing for years, Ukraine has already done.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina said Ukraine could get EU candidate status in June. Stefanishina wrote about this on Twitter.
“Ukraine has received a questionnaire for EU membership. We have already done a lot of preparatory work, so we are ready to act quickly. We expect to receive candidate status in June, “Olga Stefanishina said in a letter.
According to her, EU candidate status is part of” recovery and victory over the Russian aggressor who wants to change Ukraine's democratic course. ” .
The Deputy Prime Minister also stressed that the European Commission itself confirms that most of the work that countries have been doing for years, Ukraine has already done.
🇺🇦🇪🇺Ukraine received the EU membership questionnaire. We have already done much preparatory work, so ready to move fast.
Expect to be granted a candidate status in June.
It is part of our recovery & victory over RU aggressor who wants to reverse Ukraine's democratic course pic.twitter.com/1rSiYC53Qc
– Olga Stefanishyna (@StefanishynaO) April 9, 2022
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Former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi received a questionnaire that needs to be completed for Ukraine to become a candidate for EU membership . The document was handed over personally after talks with Zelensky by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen clarified that this is an accelerated procedure, as relations between Ukraine and the EU are so developed that Brussels does not need answers. However, she did not predict when the EU could make a political decision on granting candidate status.
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