The European Commission released reports assessing the ability of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to commit themselves to join the European Union. According to the data on the EC website, the report on Ukraine is based on data as of June last year..

“The reports contain a detailed analysis of where the countries are in their agreement with the EU, a set of general rights and obligations of the EU. Reports complement findings on three countries' applications for EU membership accepted by the European Commission in June 2022. The European Council has given the perspective to the three countries and the status of candidates for Ukraine and Moldova in accordance with the conclusions determining the number of priorities that need to be addressed in this context,” the EC noted..

The European Commission explained that these analytical reports provide an instant overview of the situation on the ability of the three countries to fulfill their EU membership obligations.. The documents also contain instructions on future work in various areas..

Thus, the report states that Ukrainian legislation is at the initial level of compliance with EU standards on:.

financial control standards;

free movement of workers;

intellectual property;

social policy;

environmental and climate protection;

Agriculture;

fishing.

The laws of Ukraine in the field of:.

justice;

freedom and safety;

public procurement;

statistics;

capital movements;

corporate law;

competition;

consumer protection and health;

taxation.

The average level of assessment was given to legislation in the field of:.

free movement of goods;

digital transformation and media;

economic and monetary policy;

science and research.

In the field of providing digital services to the population and business, Ukrainian legislation, according to the conclusion of the European Commission, is at a progressive level.

The European Commission highly appreciated the legislation of Ukraine in the field of:.

energy policy;

foreign policy;

security and defense policy.

In addition, the readiness of Ukraine to join the EU Customs Union was highly appreciated..

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Recall that Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal recently said that Ukraine could become a member of the EU within two years.. According to his calculations, the preliminary stage of negotiations should start already in 2023..

It seems that in Europe they do not share such ambitious plans of Kyiv. The very next day, Euractiv published a forecast for the Ukraine-EU summit, which will be held today in Kyiv, in which they noted that it is unlikely that a decision on the rapid entry of our state will be made as part of this event.. The Financial Times also writes that EU countries are asking Brussels not to inflate Ukraine's unrealistic expectations.. They want Kyiv to finally understand that there will be no accelerated entry.

Read about how experts evaluate the implementation of the seven recommendations of the European Commission on our country's accession to the EU in the article by Marianna Fakhurdinova "

To find out whether Kyiv is ready to report on the implementation of these recommendations, and what they will talk about at the Ukraine-EU summit, read in an interview with the editor of ZN. UA of Tatiana Silina with Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna.