Members of the European Union finally agreed on granting the status of an EU candidate for Ukraine. This statement was made by French Foreign Minister and Minister for European Affairs Clement Bon after a meeting with EU colleagues in Luxembourg.. This is reported by Le Figaro..

According to Bon, the countries of the Union “came to a complete consensus on the issue of Ukraine”.

“Today we had a discussion that showed broad agreement, I will even say full agreement on advancing a number of issues, first of all, the possibility of recognizing the status of a candidate for Ukraine in the near future,” the French minister said..

The official also noted that the goal of the European community is to demonstrate to Ukraine its readiness to accept it into the Union in the future.. However, Bon stressed that the path to EU accession is long and difficult..

Also, the French Foreign Minister did not ignore the applications for candidacy from Moldova and Georgia. He stated that each of them will be considered separately from the application of Ukraine.

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Recall that the issue of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership will be considered on June 23-24 at the EU summit in Brussels..

Earlier, the European Commission officially announced that they would recommend the leaders of the Union to make a positive decision regarding Ukraine.

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