17 minutes agoUkraine's EU membership, Von der Leyen again in Kiev
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(4 years ago)European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyeen said on Saturday that the EU executive will finalise “by the end of next week” the opinion of whether Ukraine should be a candidate country to join the EU or not. Today's “Executions will enable us to finalise our assessment to the end [...]
Today's “Diversions will enable us to finalise our assessment by the end of next week”, EC President Von der Leeneny, Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky told him in Kiev.
EC chief Von der Leyen paid a surprising Saturday visit to Kiev, Ukraine, a state facing Russian aggression since February 24th.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's president, Voldymyr Zelenski, said the positive response would be an important step for the European Union itself.
A positive response from the European Union to Ukraine's application for EU membership would be a positive answer to the question whether the European project has a future or not, Zelensky said.
At the end of February, Ukraine has submitted its membership application to the European Union.
Despite some EU lawmakers welcoming the application, Ukraine's membership still appears to be a distant process.
It was France's president, Emmanuel Macron, who has said that there can be no quick Inquisition since, as he has said, procedures should always be respected, otherwise he said, loses seriousness to the enlargement process.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have called for quick membership in Ukraine under the bloc. /Rel
