The President stressed that Ukraine is capable of becoming a full member of the European Union.
The European Union has approved one of the most important decisions for Ukraine for 30 years, giving Ukraine candidate status . This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaking via video link in the European.
“Today you have made one of the most important decisions for Ukraine during all 30 years of independence of our state. I believe that this decision is not only for Ukraine. This is the biggest step towards strengthening Europe, which could be done right now in such difficult conditions, when the Russian war is testing our ability to preserve freedom and unity, “Zelensky said.
The head of state named the stages that preceded the acquisition. Ukraine's EU candidate status: submitting an application, quick answers to the questionnaire, appealing to European leaders.
“This result is a desirable result,” Zelensky stressed.
He thanked each of the EU countries that voted to grant Ukraine EU candidate status.
He also thanked European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. I am grateful for the sincere help, for the faith in Ukraine, in the Ukrainians, “he said.
” I have always said that we believe in the European Union, although we have formally remained outside it. The flags of a united Europe have been in our hands during the revolutions, in the trenches since 2014. I believe that the flag of the European Union will be in every Ukrainian city that we have yet to liberate from the occupation of Russia, “Zelensky said.
The President stressed that Ukraine is capable of becoming a full member of the European Union.
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Earlier, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine and Moldova, which gained candidate status, and Georgia, which received a European perspective < will> work as quickly and productively as possible to launch the next stage of accession to the European Union.
