The European Commission recommended granting Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the European Union. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wrote about this on Twitter..

“We recommend granting candidate status to Ukraine, realizing that the country will carry out a number of important reforms.. Ukraine has clearly demonstrated its desire to live according to European values \u200b\u200band standards. And he began his journey to the EU before the war,” wrote Ursula von der Leyen.

According to Bloomberg, the European Commission approved this with conditions that Ukraine will have to fulfill in the future regarding the rule of law, justice and the fight against corruption..

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Earlier, Dmitry Kuleba said that a positive decision of the European Council regarding Ukraine would benefit both parties.

Why are some EU members trying to slow down the issue of Ukraine obtaining the status of an EU candidate country and oppose it to the Western Balkans? Are we really competitors with six countries in this region? Read about it in the article by Volodymyr Tsybulnyk “Will European integration scold Ukraine and the Western Balkans?”?