Ukraine 'waiting for green light' on EU candidacy - Newspaper
KYIV: Ukraine on Thursday said it was “waiting for the green light” to receive EU candidacy status as ...
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KYIV: Ukraine on Thursday said it was “waiting for the green light” to receive EU candidacy status as ...
Draft of the summit shows EU leaders to give "full and unequivocal commitment to the EU membership".
By Robin Emmott and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European leaders will formally accept Ukraine as a candidate to join the EU on Thursday, a bold geopolitical move triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine but a reminder that the 27-nation bloc will need a major overhaul as it looks to enlarge again. Although it could take Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova more than a decade to qualify for membership, the two-day EU summit decision will be a symbolic step that signals the bloc's intention to reach deep into the former Soviet Union. Today the EU is sending a message of solidarity to the peo...
The move will kick-start the EU's most ambitious expansion since welcoming Eastern European states after the Cold War.
European leaders formally accepted Ukraine as a candidate to join the EU, a bold geopolitical move triggered by Russia's invasion of Kyiv.