Ukraine will not be able to join the European Union in the next 5-10 years, said Austrian Minister for EU Affairs and Constitutional Affairs Caroline Edtstadler.

As Euractiv notes, the official believes that the process of our accession to the EU will be lengthy, it "

Edtstadler noted that there will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU. Before this statement, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg noted that perhaps our country needs to look for new ways to get closer to the EU, in addition to membership.

" Obviously, Ukraine heard the refusal of EU membership, and this is not what was meant, and this is not the position of Austria,"

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Recall, on April 8, Ukraine received a questionnaire for obtaining the status of a candidate member of the European Union. The document was handed over personally after negotiations with President Volodymyr Zelensky by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

Kyiv has already submitted to the European Union the first part of the questionnaire, the answers in which will make it possible to assess our ability to obtain the status of an EU candidate.

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna said that Ukraine could get the status of a candidate for EU membership in June.

Is the EU ready to grant Ukraine candidate status Which countries can slow down the granting of this status to our country? Answers to these and other questions - in the article by Alexander Sushko "