The European Commission is waiting for Ukraine to answer the questionnaire on EU membership. Decisions on granting Ukraine the status of a member state of the European Union are being prepared to be announced in June.
This was announced on Twitter by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
“On #EuropeDay, we discussed EU support and Ukraine’s European pathway”, the European Commission President wrote.
In his turn, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that during a video call with Ursula von der Leyen he showed the second part of the completed questionnaire for Ukraine to receive the status of a candidate for EU membership.
Zelensky thanked for clear signals of support on this important path for Ukraine.
As previously reported, on February 28, the fifth day of russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for immediate accession to the European Union under a simplified procedure. Such an application for Ukraine was initiated by Slovakia, and the decision to accelerate membership was supported by a number of EU countries, including Hungary.
On March 1, the European Parliament recommended that Ukraine be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union.
During her visit to Kyiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen personally handed Zelensky a questionnaire on joining the European Union. On April 18, Ukraine transferred it back to the EU.
After processing, Ukraine can be granted the status of a candidate country for membership. The accession process can take years.