Ukraine insists on granting our country the status of a candidate for EU membership in June. This was stated by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleh Nikolenko,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 23 , May , 2022 | Ukraine News .
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“Russia’s war against Ukraine has shown the need to rethink Europe’s future. The approaches that European policy has followed so far have failed to protect the European continent from new aggression. Talks about alternatives that can replace Ukraine’s full integration into the EU are a change of form, but not of content. This path will not make the European community stronger and more prosperous, “Nikolenko said.
According to him, that is why “we insist on granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership in June.”
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Yes, today Ukraine is the only place in Europe where people defend European values at the cost of their own lives, the diplomat said, and the candidacy will be an important signal to Ukrainians that Europe values and respects their efforts.
“Granting EU candidate status does not mean immediate membership. This is a process that needs to be completed. And we are confident that we will go this way faster if France and other influential European countries show leadership, “he added.
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çFrench European Affairs Minister Clement Bonn said on Sunday, promoting an alternative proposal by President Emmanuel Macron to create a so-called new “European political community”, including Ukraine, that Ukraine’s accession to the EU is possible in 15-20 years.
Source: Ukrgate
