Half of the economy, and ₴500B in taxes, are in the shadows, said the head of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Danylo Hetmantsev. However, he specified that after measures taken by the state, this amount will decrease to ₴420-430B ($10B). At the same time, ... #DanyloHetmantsev #EuropeanIntegration #ShadowEconomy #TaxesUkraine #UkraineEconomy
While in Kyiv, Robert Fico promised energy aid and support for EU membership, but not NATO. On October 7 during a visit to Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that his country is ready to support Ukraine during possible blackouts by providing emergency electricity supplies. Slo... #DenysShmyhal #EnergySupportFund #EuropeanIntegration #GasTransit #NATOUkraine #RobertFico #Slovakia
Will Ukrainian farmers benefit from joining the EU? Ukrainian farmers can receive €7.6-€13.5B per year within the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) framework. This could create a severe fiscal burden on other member states, which is an argument aga... #agroUkraine #CommonAgriculturalPolicy #EuropeanIntegration #FarmersUkraine
Analysts name the main systemic challenges of Ukraine’s agrarian European integration. In May 2024, the EU Council extended the duty-free trade regime for Ukraine until June 2025. Until then, the parties will update the Association Agreement and establish the expected terms of trade bef... #agroUkraine #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEUNegotiations #Ukrainianfarmers
The first and key round of the negotiation process for Ukraine’s EU accession has started in Brussels. On September 17-19, a bilateral Ukraine-EU session will be held in Brussels, dedicated to the key negotiating chapter on the rule of law. The negotiations will take place within the scope of screening... #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
UZ risks losing up to 25% of its cargo transportation after opening the market for private operators. The deputy chairman of the parliament’s Transport Committee recalls that, under the association agreement with the EU, our state undertook to reform the transport sector, particularly the railwa... #EuropeanIntegration #ModernizationUkraine #RailTransportation #ReformsinUkraine #UkrainianRailways
Ukraine seeks to have its EU membership be included in the bloc’s budget for 2028-2034. The EU’s long-term budget programs should consider Ukraine’s future membership in the EU, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, at the 20th meeting of Yalta Europ... #AndriiSybiha #EUbudget #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #YesConference
A separate European Commissioner will handle EU enlargement; Stefanishyna presents Ukraine’s negotiation plan for next year. In the renewed geostrategic conditions, EU enlargement has become a way to strengthen its international positions, so in the new composition of the EC, a separate European Commissioner will take care ... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The Council of the EU approved almost €4.2B through the Ukraine Facility for Ukraine. The EU Council concluded that Ukraine had fulfilled the necessary conditions and implemented the required reforms that were established in the plan as prerequisites in order to receive the first regul... #EUCouncil #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility
The US proposes a plan for Ukraine’s economic recovery. During her last visit to Kyiv as the US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, Penny Pritzker evaluated the concept of Ukraine’s economic recovery and announced five components ... #EuropeanIntegration #investments #PennyPritzker #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery
American businesses are optimistic about Ukraine’s economic future. The American private sector looks at Ukraine’s economic future optimistically and realistically. Optimism is based on GDP growth, tax revenue, and the creation of new jobs, said US Special Repre... #Energoatom #EuropeanIntegration #GDPUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #PennyPritzker #UkraineEconomy #WestingHouse
Ursula von der Leyen has retained her position as head of the EC, and she promises to create a European Defense Union and support Ukraine on its way to joining the EU. The European Parliament re-elected Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European Commission for another five years. While campaigning, she promised to do much more in the field of defense if she re... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanPeaceFund #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
What reforms will influence the speed of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU? Reforms in fundamental sectors will set the pace for Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, said the head of the Belgian Foreign Ministry, Hadja Lahbib. In order to join the EU, Ukraine must adapt... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #HadjaLahbib #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
The government has approved an energy development plan that is required to join the EU. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) for the period until 2030. The plan coordinates environmental, energy, and economic policies for Ukraine’s sustainab... #DecarbonizationUkraine #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEnergy #YuliyaSvyridenko
The EU has started accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; Hungary is against it but will not block it. On June 25, 2024, the European Union officially started negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova to join the EU, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, adding: “The road ahead wil... #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEUNegotiations #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
Ukraine will officially begin negotiations regarding its accession to the EU on June 25. The EU Council approved the negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova and confirmed that intergovernmental conferences to launch negotiations will be held on June 25 in Luxembourg. President Zelen... #DmytroKuleba #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEUNegotiations #Zelenskyy
Ukraine will not be a priority for Hungary during its EU presidency. Hungary’s representative in the EU, Odor Balint, said that Hungary, as the head of the EU Council, wants to “balance” the bloc’s expansion processes to promote the integration proces... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Hungary #OdorBalint
EU ambassadors have agreed on the negotiation framework for Ukraine and Moldova’s accession. On June 14, permanent representatives from the EU member states approved in principle the negotiating framework for the accession of Ukraine and Moldova, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the E... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
Ukraine is preparing for the first conference on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Ex-Deputy Minister of Energy and Energy and Climate expert Oleksiy Riabchyn said that all of Ukraine’s demands are contained in 33 negotiating chapters, compiled into six clusters. In addition t... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #OleksiyRiabchyn #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
The basis of the Ukrainian negotiating position during its accession to the EU will be a development strategy for the agricultural sector. The Deputy Prime Minister for European integration, Olga Stefanishyna, noted at the Strategy for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas through 2030 presentation that the agricultural sector i... #agroUkraine #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
The EC gives a positive assessment of European integration reforms in Ukraine. The European Commission provided a positive verbal evaluation on the progress of European integration reforms by both Ukraine and Moldova, as outlined in the November report on EU enlargement. The EC ... #DmytroKuleba #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
Ukraine has finally ratified the agreement with the EU on financing under the Ukraine Facility program: it is expected to attract €1.89B in June. Ratification of the agreement will include the necessary control and audit mechanisms for the €50B instrument that is in place from 2024 through 2027, subject to the successful implementation of the P... #EuropeanIntegration #FightingCorruptioninUkraine #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility
Twelve European countries insist on starting negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the EU in June. 12 EU member states issued a joint appeal to quicken the process of Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the EU and to formally begin membership negotiations by the end of June. The letter sent to... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
The EU will punish Hungary to help Ukraine’s accession to the bloc. Hungary will not retain its current position as an enlargement commissioner in the new European Commission. As diplomats told Politico, the EC is tired of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s... #EUexpansion #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanIntegration #Hungary #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
The EU wants to start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession before Hungary’s presidency begins in July. On May 29, representatives from 27 European governments discussed the draft framework for negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the EU. As Politico writes, time is of the essence bec... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Hungary #Moldova #OliverVarhelyi #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
Ukraine and the EU will start accession negotiations despite Hungary’s opposition. Ukraine is making every effort to ensure that the intergovernmental conference on negotiations on our country’s accession to the EU takes place in June, said Deputy Prime Minister for European I... #EuropeanIntegration #HungaryVeto #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
Germany believes in Ukraine’s victory and has already collected almost €1B to strengthen its air defense. During a visit to Kyiv on May 21, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said: “Our support is based on a deep belief that Ukraine will win this war. Germany, along with many other countries ... #AirDefenseSystems #AnnalenaBaerbock #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine
The EU is determined to start accession negotiations with Ukraine at the end of June. EU Officials in Brussels are planning to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union in June. Even though EU leaders expressed their desire for Ukraine and Moldova to join th... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #PeterSzijjártó #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
Experts outline the EU’s fears: Ukraine can potentially turn the agricultural market in European countries upside down. Agricultural expert and a founder of Zeminvest Oleksandr Chornyi emphasized that Ukraine has extraordinary agrarian assets that places it among global leaders. “Ukraine ranks sixth in the world ... #AgroLand #agroUkraine #EUfarmers #EuropeanIntegration #LandMarketUkraine #Zeminvest
The EU plans to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession in June and is counting on effective anti-corruption efforts. The head of the EU Consultative Mission in Ukraine, Rolf M. Hay Pereira Holmboe, said that negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU can begin in June. He emphasized that the most difficult ... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #fightingcorruption #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU
EU accession will strengthen Ukraine and the entire bloc. Olga Stefanishyna, the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, is convinced that Ukraine will become stronger as a full member of the EU. At the same time, Ukraine... #agroUkraine #EUEconomy #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEconomy #UkraineEU #Ukrainianlogistics
The EU predicts the start of membership negotiations with Ukraine in June and accession in 2030. Official negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU should begin by the end of the first half of 2024, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said at a press conference in Kyiv. “... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #EuropeanParliament #KatarinaMathernova #RobertaMetsola #UkraineEU
Ukraine’s accession to the EU will solve the food problem and stimulate the development of the bloc’s economy. Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said that Ukraine’s accession to the EU will solve the food problem and “is of fundamental importance” for his country. He also explained tha... #agroUkraine #EuropeanIntegration #Migration #PauloRangel #Portugal #UkraineEU
The European integration of Ukraine will become a priority during the Polish EU presidency; in Hungary, support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic course increases. President of Poland Andrzej Duda emphasized the need to support the EU accession processes of Ukraine, Moldova, and the countries of the Western Balkans. “Our priority next year during the presi... #AndrzejDuda #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #SupportUkraine #UkraineEU
Borrell: Ukraine has a historic window for joining the EU. On the 20th anniversary of the largest membership increase in the history of the EU, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the current candidate countries, including Ukraine, have a histo... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #HuguesMingarelli #JosepBorrell #UkraineEU #ValdisDombrovskis
The EC has started working to integrate the Ukrainian agricultural sector into the EU in preparation for accession negotiations. The European Commission has started explanatory meetings with Ukrainian representatives regarding the implementation of official screening within the section of negotiations on agriculture and the dev... #agroUkraine #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #KatarinaMathernova #TradeLiberalization #UkraineEU
Good investment: Ukraine’s accession to the EU will require a 20% increase in the bloc’s budget. EU budget commissioner Johannes Hahn said that in the event of Ukraine’s accession to the EU, the bloc should increase its seven-year budget by €200B (+20%). He explains this expansion by the cu... #EUbudget #EUreforms #EuropeanIntegration #JohannesHahn #UkraineEU
Ukraine’s accession to the EU will trigger an influx of foreign investment and changes in the financial sector. The country’s accession to the EU entails a sharp increase in private foreign direct investment, said Tomas Fiala, CEO of Dragon Capital. “If you look at private investments in Poland, dur... #AndriiPyshnyi #DragonCapital #EuropeanIntegration #InvestmentsinUkraine #TomasFiala
The integration of Ukrainian industry with its European counterparts will accelerate Ukraine’s accession to the EU. The top manager of the British company Ferrexpo plc, Nick Bias, said: “We name 2030 as a potential date for Ukraine to join the EU. Recently, a green production agreement was signed, and steel p... #EuropeanIntegration #ferrexpo #GreenMetallurgia #NickBias #UkraineIndustry
Ukraine’s integration into the EU will change the EU’s agricultural support system. According to Ukraine’s trade representative, Taras Kachka, the decision of the Committee of the European Parliament to extend duty-free trade for Ukrainian agricultural products was a chance to ... #AgroEU #agroUkraine #EuropeanIntegration #FreeTradeAgreement #TarasKachka
Ukraine has fulfilled all of the EC’s recommendations that are required to approve the negotiating framework for EU accesion, said Prime Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna. She added that the last legislative act was approved on Monday, which was necessary to complete the implementation of lobbying reco... #AssociationwithEU #EUmembership #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
The EU plans to include Ukraine in the bloc’s defense industry support scheme with a separate budget of €1.5B. The EC plans to propose Ukraine’s membership in the EU defense industry support scheme. This will both incorporate Kyiv’s experience and bring Ukraine closer to EU membership. It is noted ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EDIP #EUdefense #EuropeanIntegration #WeaponsProduction
Analysts predict how Ukraine’s accession to the EU would affect the growth of the Ukrainian economy. According to the NBU, the Ukrainian economy will increase by 7%, and the GDP per person will be $15,500 within a decade after the country’s accession to the EU with the rapid implementation of a... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #nbu #UkraineDevelopment #UkraineEconomy #UkraineEU
Money, defense office and framework conditions: What Ukraine and the European Commission agreed on in Kyiv. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen met in Kyiv. They discussed issues of financing, Ukrainian exports, and cooperation in the defense... #DenysShmyhal #EUdefense #EuropeanIntegration #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will extend visa-free trade with Ukraine and Moldova. The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU agreed on a mandate for negotiations on the continuation of the suspension of tariffs and duties on imports from Ukraine and Moldova. Proposals rel... #agroexportukraine #EuropeanIntegration #FreeTradeAgreement #MoldovaTrade #TradeVisaFree #UkraineEUtrade
The countries of the Weimar Triangle have pledged to support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression and in its integration into the EU and NATO. The foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Poland said: “Faced with an unprecedented deterioration of the security environment in Europe due to the Russian Federation’s full-scale war against... #EuropeanIntegration #SupportUkraine #UkraineRecovery #WeimarTriangle
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU agree on a €50B Ukrainian fund. The new fund will combine EU budget support into a single instrument, providing Ukraine with broad, predictable, and flexible assistance for 2024-2027. The fund will consist of three components. The f... #EUfinancialAid #EuropeanIntegration #EuropeanParliament #UkraineFacility
The NBU presents a scenario for Ukraine’s rapid economic growth during the process of joining the EU. Sustainable economic growth at a high rate is possible only through a steady increase in productivity. European integration can become a driving force for growth, even before Ukraine’s official access... #EuropeanIntegration #GDPinUkraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery
The EC is preparing a draft negotiation framework for Ukraine’s accession. The European Commission has started work on the negotiating framework for Ukraine – a document that defines the principles and procedures for conducting negotiations on EU accession, said the EC... #AnaPisonero #AssociationwithEU #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU
The EC speaks about the length of Ukraine’s negotiations to join the EU. Vice-President of the EC for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová answered, when questioned whether the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU is a matter of years or decades, that “I wo... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #VeraJourova
