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Dec 15, 2023 · Members of protocol place EU country flags prior to arrival for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. European Union leaders, in a two-day summit will discuss the latest developments in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and continued EU support for Ukraine and its people.
Jun 24, 2022 · Ukraine has become an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership, the first step to joining the organisation. The process could take years to complete and there is no guarantee of success.
- What Does EU Candidate Status Mean?
- What Reforms Are Required to Qualify For Membership?
- Does Ukraine’s Invitation Complicate Other Accession Efforts?
- Is There Any Precedent For Accepting A State with Occupied Territory?
- How Could Ukraine’s Accession Process Influence The Conflict with Russia?
Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there were five EU candidate countries: Turkey (since 1999), North Macedonia (since 2005), Montenegro (since 2010), Serbia (since 2012), and Albania (since 2014). In theory, any candidate can immediately start formal accession negotiations; in practice, there is no guarantee that will happen quickly. In the ca...
Accession to the EU requires meeting the “Copenhagen criteria,” which are based on three pillars. One is political and includes respect for democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. A second is economic and requires the prospective member to have a functioning market economy. The third is administrative and institutional and entails the incorpo...
It could rankle some aspirant countries, especially in the Western Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina applied in 2016 but has yet to receive candidate status. Kosovo’s aspirations are complicated by the fact that it is not a member of the United Nations due to Russia’s veto on the Security Council. And earlier this month, the EU failed to launch acces...
The EU set a precedent for admitting a country with unsettled borders with Cyprus in May 2004. For decades, the island has been divided by Turkey’s occupation of northern Cyprus. At the insistence of Greece, Cyprus was included in the EU’s biggest wave of enlargement, which also included the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), ...
It is hard to tell how Putin will react to future steps in the process. He has made clear in the past that his main opposition is to Ukraine’s aspirations for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) rather than in the EU. Similarly, he has no trouble with Finland’s or Sweden’s EU membership but sees their NATO applications as a ...
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In 2021, Ukraine was preparing to formally apply for EU membership in 2024, in order to join the European Union in the 2030s. [49] On 13 September 2023, during her State of the European Union address, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen stated that the future of Ukraine was "in our Union".
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The EU has provided significant financial assistance to Ukraine. Since the start of Russia's war of aggression in 2022, the EU, its Member States and financial institutions have mobilised €98.5 billion in support to Ukraine and its people. This includes €49.4 billion for Ukraine’s overall economic, social and financial resilience in the ...
Dec 14, 2023 · And it offers a ray of hope for Ukraine even as EU members failed Thursday to agree on a more immediate boost in the form of 50 billion euros ($55 billion) in aid to keep the Ukrainian economy afloat.
Feb 28, 2022 · The Council will decide on further steps once all these conditions are fully met. European Council conclusions, 23-24 June 2022. At the special European Council meeting in February 2023, EU leaders acknowledged the considerable efforts that Ukraine has demonstrated towards meeting the objectives underpinning its candidate status for EU membership.
