European Commission is ready to discuss granting Ukraine candidate status on 17 June.
This was announced by European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer.
“The committee will hold a joint debate on the issue next Monday,” he said.
After that, a meeting will be held on Friday, and a decision may be made at the summit on 23-24 June.
On 28 February, 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 1 March, the European Parliament recommended that Ukraine be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union.
There is no accelerated accession procedure - Ukraine will either receive the status of a candidate, which may lead to full membership in the EU, or not.
Ukraine expects to receive candidate status in June. Both parts of the questionnaire have already been submitted to the EU.
Yesterday, the European Parliament recommended granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.