There are no countries in the EU that oppose granting Ukraine candidate status – Borrell
Josep Borrell .
KYIV.UkraineGate . 20 . June .2022 | Political News .
There are no countries in the EU that oppose granting Ukraine candidate status. This was stated at a briefing on Monday by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell .
Yes, Borrel was asked whether he expects any EU member state to oppose Ukraine’s candidate status.
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“Leaders (EU) will have to discuss this. The opinion of the European Commission is on the table. I can not predict the results, but I have not heard anyone oppose,” – said the diplomat.
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Asked whether he expects Ukraine and Moldova to open EU accession talks next year, the European politician said he did not know. Adding that the process will go “step by step”,
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Earlier, the Ukrainian government said that three main member states oppose granting Ukraine candidate status.
In particular, the Dutch government has indicated that it doubts the EU’s 27-nation enlargement. So, last month, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte expressed the opinion that the probability that Ukraine will soon become a candidate for EU membership is small. In particular, he said, it would be “unfair” for the Western Balkans, which have waited much longer to apply for EU membership.
Recently, however, the Dutch prime minister appears to have changed his mind, saying he supports granting Ukraine candidate status.
In addition, Denmark, which was previously said to have also commented on Ukraine’s candidate status, said it was not going to block Ukraine’s EU candidate status.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also spoke in favor of granting Ukraine the appropriate status. He also said in a recent interview with dpa that he hopes to put forward his proposals at the forthcoming EU summit on Thursday and Friday, where applications from Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia will be considered.
Yes, now the issue of candidate status must be unanimously approved by all 27 member states, but the EU has long been discussing loosening this rule. However, according to Scholz, it is time to “modernize” this club. “It will be impossible to solve everything by unanimous voting today and unanimous voting in the future,” he said.
Source: Ukrgate
