European Union Grants EU Candidate Status to Ukraine
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The European Union’s leaders have agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a potentially yearslong process that could draw the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West.
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Ukraine expects EU-wide support for candidacy to join bloc
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European Union Grants EU Candidate Status to Ukraine
A Ukrainian deputy prime minister overseeing the country’s push to join the European Union says she’s “100%” certain all 27 EU nations will approve making Ukraine a candidate for membership
European Union leaders will meet Thursday in Brussels where they are expected to approve Ukraine as a candidate to join the EU — a process that is neither quick nor easy.
“This is a decisive moment for the European Union,” the EU summit chair said. Leaders considering Ukraine a candidate to join the 27-nation bloc is an initial step to full membership.
The European Union’s leaders have agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a potentially yearslong process that could draw the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West.
If Ukraine is granted candidate status, then it must still satisfy political and economic conditions, such as standards on democratic principles, before becoming a full member of the European Union.
The European Union’s leaders have agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a potentially yearslong process that could draw the embattled country further away from
European leaders are expected to grant Ukraine status as an official candidate for membership. Approving its bid would be the first official step toward membership. The bloc's parliament passed a resolution calling member states to grant Ukraine candidate status "without delay."
By Luke McGee, CNN Ukraine’s long-term goal of joining the European Union has received its latest shot in the arm, after the bloc’s 27 member states agreed Thursday that the country should be given candidate status — a significant step on the path to full membership.
Ukraine applied for membership less than a week after Moscow invaded on Feb. 24. The decision by the 27-nation bloc to grant Ukraine candidate status Thursday was uncharacteristically rapid.
EU leaders have voted Ukraine and Moldova’s promotion to candidate status. Joining the bloc, though, will likely take years with reforms to conform with European standard still required.
Ukraine has taken the first hurdle step towards joining the European Union. The country and neighboring Moldova were granted candidate status. For Ukraine, this is a victory in the political arena as it battles Russia's invasion.
Ukraine's long-term goal of joining the European Union has received its latest shot in the arm, after the bloc's 27 member states agreed Thursday that the country should be given candidate status -- a significant step on the path to full membership.
European Union leaders granted Ukraine candidacy to be a member of the bloc, bolstering morale in Ukraine and EU solidarity. But the practical difference could be a decade or more away.
EU leaders have approved Ukraine and Moldova's bids for candidate status. It's a political boost for Ukraine as it faces challenges on the battlefield. Germany, France and Italy had backed the bid, but all 27 member states needed to give it the go-ahead.
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