Was croatia in 2013, a decade after formally applying. ukraine's neighbour poland took 20 years — itjoined in 200a. countries need to meet certain criteria in order tojoin the bloc, and abide by the eu's standards on issues like corruption. here's the european parliament's standing rapporteur on ukraine. the most important thing politically is after it is clear with the country is, it's not on the russian side can it's not in a gray zone, it's on the way to the european union into accelerated we need to combine the reconstruction and reform process. that is what we need to do and we are in c...