The EU may separate the accession processes for Ukraine and Moldova due to Hungary’s actions. European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated that the EU may differentiate the pathways for Moldova and Ukraine’s integration as soon as June, when decisions regarding enlargement are ... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #HungaryVeto #MartaKos #Moldova #UkraineEU
The screening of Ukraine’s legislation for EU accession is taking place at an unprecedented pace and is set to be completed in the fall. European Commission spokesman Guillaume Mercier noted that the process of verifying the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with EU law, as part of accession negotiations, is underway and progressing ... #AccessiontoEU #EuropeanIntegration #GuillaumeMercier #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
The EC views the prospect of both Ukraine and Moldova joining the EU by 2030 as realistic. Geopolitical changes have made a scenario in which Ukraine and Moldova joining the EU by January 1 2030 feasible, said EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos. “The whole world is changing, Eu... #EUexpansion #EuroIntegration #MartaKos #Moldova #NATO #UkraineEU
Ukraine’s membership in the EU as its best security guarantee. Is this really the case? EC President Antonio Costa believes that Ukraine’s strongest security assurance is joining the EU. He highlighted “the impressive achievements of a country at war regarding its ability to ... #AntonioCosta #Article5 #Canada #EuropeanIntegration #NATO #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #UkraineEU #ValeryZaluzhny
The EC will open European integration negotiation clusters with Ukraine this year, despite Hungary’s obstruction. The European Commission plans to begin the first cluster of negotiations regarding Ukraine’s EU accession this year but acknowledges that it will require the unanimity of all member states. EC r... #AdamSzlapka #EuropeanIntegration #GuillaumeMercier #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
Ukraine, under certain conditions, will be able to become a member of the EU before 2030. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated: “If Ukraine maintains the current pace of reforms, it will join the EU even before 2030. So let’s work and keep up the pace.̶... #AntonioCosta #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine will open negotiations on EU accession this spring. Ukraine may begin the first cluster of talks on EU accession in April, believes Minister of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna. She noted that there must be a consensu... #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #RuslanStefanchuk #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
The opening of the Fundamentals cluster in the negotiations concerning Ukraine’s EU membership hinges on three political decisions. European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated that technical work to initiate clusters within the negotiation framework for Ukraine’s EU membership is ongoing. To launch the first Funda... #EuropeanIntegration #JessicaRosencrantz #MartaKos #UkraineEU #UkraineEUNegotiations
The EU, along with two individual countries, are launching a €14M program to support Ukraine’s European integration. In the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishyna, the EU, Denmark, and Lithuania reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Ukraine̵... #Denmark #EuropeanIntegration #KatarinaMathernova #Lithuania #OlhaStefanishyna #SupportUkraine #UkraineEU
Ukraine’s accelerated integration into the EU should become a central foreign policy element for the EU, the US, and Britain. According to Mykhailo Bno-Airiyan, Eurofasttrack is not just a political choice but a strategic necessity. “For Europe and the US, this is a unique chance to consolidate Ukraine in the Western d... #Eurofasttrack #EuropeanIntegration #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #UkraineEU #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has completed the legislation assessment for the first block of negotiations on EU accession. On November 12, a bilateral meeting between Ukraine and the European Commission regarding a section devoted to statistics ended in Luxembourg. The meeting took place within the framework of the offici... #Brussels #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
The EC assesses the progress of 10 states on the path to EU membership. The opening of negotiation clusters with Ukraine is expected in 2025. On October 30, the European Commission adopted the annual package of measures on EU enlargement, which contains a detailed assessm... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #Turkey #UkraineEU
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
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 Ukraine Facility has been fully launched: Ukraine will receive €5.3B in grants. The Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko, signed the Financial Agreement between Ukraine and the EU that regulates the receipt of €5.27B in grant aid under the Ukraine Facility over the ne... #GrantForUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #YuliyaSvyridenko
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
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
Renewed visa-free trade with the EU has entered into force, and Ukraine is developing logistics on the western border. On June 6, autonomous trade measures came into effect in the EU, according to which all import duties and quotas for Ukrainian exports to the European market are suspended for one more year. However, ... #agroexportukraine #CheckPoints #Hungary #TradeVisaFree #UkraineEU #UkraineExport
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
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 cost of Ukraine’s accession to the EU provokes discussions within the bloc. The European Union considers its enlargement as a security tool, but the protests from Polish farmers show that the economic dimension is part of the political process in the EU. There were fears that... #AgroEU #EUbudget #EUexpansion #EUfarmers #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 a reform of the bloc’s Unified Agricultural Policy, said the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Czeslaw Siekierski. “Ukrainian authorities will soon start negotiations on joining the EU. This process will force the EU to reform the Unified Agricu... #AgroEU #agroUkraine #AssociationwithEU #CzesławSiekierski #EUfarmers #UkraineEU
Ukraine must “cut” its agricultural sector to join the EU. As Politico writes, tariffs on imported Ukrainian agricultural products, which are currently under discussion, are necessary to correct the “inequality” in the trade balance between Ukrain... #agroUkraine #AndrzejHalicki #AssociationwithEU #EUfarmers #UkraineEU
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
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
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
The opening of negotiations with the EU has a positive economic effect on Ukraine, but economic relations with Poland must be restarted. “Asian countries have begun to turn more to Ukraine regarding the opportunities our country’s EU membership creates for their investors,” said the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro K... #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanIntegration #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkraineEU
The EU has postponed the allocation of €50B for Ukraine until January 2024. The European Commission has proposed giving Ukraine €50B in financial aid through 2027. On December 14, EU leaders discussed this initiative at a summit in Brussels. Hungary vetoed the decision on the... #HungaryVeto #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
Ukraine must implement more than 2,700 European acts, while 59% of requirements have been implemented in the energy sector. The government calculated that for EU membership, Ukraine must implement 2,739 acts of EU law, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. According to him, Ukraine has analyzed about 28,000 acts of EU law for... #DenysShmyhal #EKrecommendation #energyukraine #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU
On Thursday, the 27 leaders of the EU decided to begin accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The decision marks a major milestone on Kyiv’s determined path to join the European Union once the conflict of Russia’s war is over and represents an endorsement by Brussels of the country’s Western t... #AssociationwithEU #CharlesMichel #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
The EU does not have a back-up plan for opening negotiations on Ukraine’s membership, while Hungary is still against it. The EU has no plan B to commence membership negotiations with Ukraine. Still, there is hope that the decision on further funding will be adopted at the summit of the European Council on December 14-15... #AssociationwithEU #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #VictorOrban
EU ambassadors will discuss the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s membership by December 10. The EC leaders’ meeting will be held in Brussels on December 14-15. European leaders are expected to discuss the European Commission’s proposals for a political decision on membership talk... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #HungaryVeto #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
The EU is ready to allocate €50B to Ukraine, but Hungary opposes the aid. The European Commission’s proposal to provide Ukraine with €50B in loans and grants over the next four years is not contested by any of the EU countries, European Budget Commissioner Johannes Ha... #HungaryVeto #JohannesHahn #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility
