The EU is against simplified accession for Ukraine, even if Kyiv agrees to negotiate with Russia to end the war. As stated by the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, joining the EU is a long process, within which the candidate country must modify its infrastructure and take other measures,... #AssociationwithEU #ThierryBreton #UkraineEU #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will file a lawsuit in response to unilateral export restrictions and ban imports from Poland, which might block Ukraine’s entry into the EU. Kyiv will file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization concerning the refusal of Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to lift their bans on Ukrainian agricultural products, said trade representative of U... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #RobertTelus #UkraineEU #WTO
Ukraine’s accession to the EU will affect the bloc’s budget and agricultural policy. The prospect of Ukraine joining the EU poses new challenges for the bloc, writes The Guardian. The EU budget is €185B, and Germany, France, and Italy make the largest contributions. The entry of new m... #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #EuropeanParliament #UkraineEU
Czech minister: We must constantly prove to Ukraine that we have not abandoned it. Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák believes that Ukraine and its accession to the European Union will be one of the biggest topics in the EU in the coming years. According to Dvořák, it... #AssociationwithEU #MartinDvořák #UkraineEU
Estonia: Ukraine must fulfill 100% of the criteria for the start of EU membership negotiations. The head of the Estonia’s government, Kaja Kallas, said that Ukraine will not receive “any discounts” on the way to the EU and must fulfill all the criteria for the start of accession nego... #AssociationwithEU #EUmembership #KajaKallas #LarsLückeRasmussen #RobertaMetsola #UkraineEU
Hungary continues to oppose grain export from Ukraine and its membership in the EU. The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, is concerned about the accelerated pace of Ukraine’s EU membership process and the possible lifting of the Ukrainian grain export ban by the EU after... #agroexportukraine #AssociationwithEU #GrainCrisis #HungaryVeto #UkraineEU #VictorOrban
Ukraine has fulfilled two of the seven conditions to begin negotiations on joining the EU. According to Reuters, the EU will present a report recognizing Ukraine’s fulfillment of two of the seven conditions for starting negotiations on EU membership this week. The European community w... #AssociationwithEU #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU
Reducing the state’s role in the economy will accelerate Ukraine’s European integration. This is the opinion of analysts from the US non-governmental organization, Atlantic Council, which studies international relations and security issues. They refer to a report from the European Commiss... #AssociationwithEU #AtlanticCouncil #PrivatizationinUkraine #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU
Ukraine plans to participate in the EU’s single market financial support program. The Single Market Program is a seven-year, €4.2B financial support program that provides an opportunity to strengthen and increase the transparency of the single market and ensure the development of i... #SingleMarketEU #SingleMarketProgram #UkraineEU #Zelenskyy
Germany will help Ukraine prepare for negotiations to join the EU. According to Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Oleksiy Makeev, in the matter of Ukraine’s EU membership, Germany is acting out of its own interest. Representatives from Berlin began to turn... #AssociationwithEU #OleksiyMakeev #UkraineEU
In May, the European Commission will present the first evaluation of Ukraine’s fulfillment of the candidate criteria for membership. Kyiv plans to complete the implementation of most of them by that time, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanishyna. In addition, before the assessment presentation a discuss... #EUmembership #OlgaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
Ukraine has fulfilled the EU’s last recommendation: the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau has been elected. The government has appointed Semen Kryvonos as the new director of the NABU, a person with zero experience in investigating corruption, the non-governmental organization, the Anti-Corruption Center, r... #NABU #SemenKryvonos #UkraineEU
Roberta Metsola calls for negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU to begin this year. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, stated that the future of Ukraine is in the EU. During her visit to Ukraine, she noted that she was impressed by the pace at which the Ukrain... #RobertaMetsola #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
The European Parliament believes that Ukraine can join the EU in 2029. Member of the European Parliament Andrius Kubilius is convinced that Ukraine can gain full member status in the EU in 2029. According to him, both sides should work toward this: Ukraine should make re... #AndriusKubilius #AssociationwithEU #UkraineEU
Ukraine will fulfill all required conditions to begin negotiations on joining the EU in 2023. Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna is confident that Ukraine will meet all the requirements for the start of accession negotiations with the EU by the e... #AssociationwithEU #OlgaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
Ukraine can replace $7B of Russian and Belarusian goods in the EU market. According to the Ministry of Economy, Ukraine can immediately replace contracts in the EU market for machine building, wagon building, and food processing. However, Ukraine and the EU have different t... #EUmarketForUkraine #UkraineEU #UkraineForeignTrade
Zelenskyy: A victorious Ukraine will become a member of the victorious EU. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the European Parliament session on Thursday that he came to Brussels to protect the way home for the people of Ukraine. He added that Russia is trying ... #EUmembership #UkraineEU #ZelenskyyInBrussels
Ukraine has fulfilled 72% of its obligations under the Association Agreement with the EU, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanishyna. According to her, the leader in fulfilling obligations has become the field of intellectual property with progress of 33% of its... #AssociationwithEU #OlgaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
The European Commission presents a report on Ukraine’s compliance with EU legislation. According to a EC assessment, Ukraine’s legislation in matters of financial control standards, free movement of workers, intellectual property, social policy, environmental and climate protection, as ... #LegislationUkraine #UkraineEU
Ukraine will join key European Union programs. Ukraine now joins the EU’s single market program, justice program, and civil program. Soon, Ukrainians will be able to apply for funding and to support various investment projects. This means more sup... #EUsummit #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv will demonstrate the gap between Ukraine’s expectations and the EU’s capabilities. This week, Ukrainian officials will have a long list of requests for their European allies: fighter jets and other heavy weapons, rapid EU membership, a legal mechanism to hold Russia accountable, and... #EUsupportforUkraine #EUUkraineSummit #UkraineEU
Ukraine’s economic integration into the EU will take up to four years. Ukraine’s full economic integration into the European Union may take two to four years, said Ukrainian trade representative Taras Kachka. He explained that Ukraine has made great progress in the... #AssociationwithEU #TarasKachka #UkraineEU
Ukraine signs an agreement on participation in the EU single market. According to the results of a joint meeting of the Ukrainian government and the European Commission in Kyiv on Thursday, an agreement on Ukraine’s participation in the EU Single Market program ... #DenysShmyhal #SingleMarketEU #UkraineEU
Ukraine has ambitious plans to join the EU within two years. Ukraine’s leadership has a very ambitious plan for the country to accede to EU membership within the next two years, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. He added that the state expects preliminary nego... #AssociationwithEU #DenysShmyhal #UkraineEU
The EU is considering a partnership with Ukraine in agriculture, digital economy, and industrial processing. According to a trade representative of Ukraine, Taras Kachka, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine is participating in global discussions not only to secure assistance in overcoming the war b... #TarasKachka #UkraineEU #worldeconomicforum
Ukraine is already working on the draft laws necessary for joining the EU. Even before the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s full membership in the EU, the Ukrainian Parliament began work on draft laws, the adoption of which are necessary for EU accession, said the Ch... #RuslanStefanchuk #UkraineEU #UkraineEUmembership
President Zelenskyy and Ursula von der Leyen discuss the Ukraine-EU summit. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, held the first telephone conversation of the new year with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The leaders discussed the expe... #UkraineEU #UkraineEUsummit #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted a record €50 million Action Plan for Ukraine for 2023-2026. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted the Resistance, Recovery and Reconstruction action plan for Ukraine in 2023-2026, according to the Council of EU website. In addition to... #UkraineEU #UkraineRecovery #UkrainianActionPlan
Ukraine’s EU accession is possible before the war’s end. Olha Stefanishyna, the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, is convinced that Ukraine’s accession to the EU cannot be linked to the completion of hostilities or de-o... #OlgaStefanishyna #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
Ukraine will begin forming negotiating position to join the EU. According to Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna, since the war integration has become one of the key elements of the country’s survival strategy. The EU opened its borders to provide shelte... #AssociationwithEU #OlgaStefanishyna #UkraineEU
Most Europeans are in favor of Ukraine joining the EU. According to Bild, about 66% of Europeans polled favor Ukraine joining the European Union. However, the level of approval among the EU countries varies. In Poland, 84% of respondents were in favor. I... #EUsupportforUkraine #UkraineEU #UKrainemembershipinEU
Ukraine has made another step toward joining the EU. The Ukrainian Parliament adopted one of the crucial European integration laws to bring anti money laundering legislation into line with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. According to Parli... #AssociationwithEU #UkraineEU #YaroslavZhelezniak
Ukraine expects to receive a positive assessment from the European Commission and start pre-accession negotiations on EU membership. Ukraine is ready to do all the necessary work to approach the start of pre-accession negotiations. The country is working on implementing all EU recommendations that are necessary to receive a positiv... #DenysShmyhal #UkraineEU #UKrainemembershipinEU
The PM of Portugal fears that Ukraine’s EU integration could become a trap. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that Ukraine’s integration into the EU could lead to its destruction, rather than strengthening it, and devolve into a trap for Ukraine if consistent deci... #AntonioCosta #UkraineEU #UkraineinEU
Ukraine can go from EU candidate to full member in a year or two. “We can do it with the support of our friends in the European Union much faster. I would love to see it happen in a year or two, however, I might just be too optimistic,” said Chairman of ... #ukraineCandidateStatus #UkraineEU
The VP of the European Commission supports EU candidate status for Ukraine. Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans supports granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union. “Ukrainians are defending our European values.... #CandidateStatus #UkraineEU #UkraineEUstatus
Austria has proposed an intermediate step for Ukraine to precede candidate status for EU membership. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has stated the need to create a European Preparatory Zone, an intermediate step between cooperation and full accession to the EU, which will allow Ukraine and Moldov... #Austria #KarlNehammer #UkraineEU #UkraineMembership
The European Parliament will support Ukraine’s EU membership candidate status. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, during her visit to Kyiv, stated that Ukraine could count on the support of the European Parliament in gaining the status of a candidate cou... #eu #EUmembership #ukraine #UkraineEU
Ukraine- EU cooperation plan with € 2.3 bln investment package. At a meeting with EU Neighborhood and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Vargei, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed the Eastern Partnership’s economic and investment plan. The plan ... #OliverVargei #UkraineEU #UkraineEUcooperation
After a state visit to Poland on May 3, President Zelenskiy slammed western leaders for being “insincere” and refusing to provide enough money and vaccines. Writing on Facebook, he said, “The European Union is about equality. Not just statements, but real actions. And for equality, sincerity is necessary” #UkraineEU #Zelenskyy
