On Tuesday, Ukraine's negotiations with the European Union on accession to the Community began in Luxembourg.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi congratulated the Ukrainian people and declared that he valued strong cooperation and associate States' commitment to this process. To ask what reforms Ukraine must carry out, if the enlargement of the Union were to occur, for example, in 5 years, Varhelyi said the next EU summit would should be a consensusthat the fresh European Commission will focus its mandate on enlargement and that the enlargement of the Community will take place at the end of the next term. "Everything that follows will depend on it," said the Commissioner.
Olha Stefaniszy Deputy Prime Minister for Ukraine's integration with the European Union and NATO recalled at the gathering that only 5 days after Russia's full-size invasion of Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelenski applied for EU membership. Today, more than 85 percent of Ukrainians support accession to the Union.
The beginning of the first negotiating chapters with Ukraine and Moldova is likely to take place during the Polish Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2025.
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