According to preliminary monitoring data of the Ukrainian Center for European Policy (UCEP), at the end of 2022, the overall progress in Ukraine’s implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU is almost 55%, of which the perfect implementation (when the obligation is fully fulfilled) is 30.6%. and therefore the progress of implementation of the AA by Ukraine is small against the background of more than 14 thousand legal acts and nine thousand decisions of the EU court. About this in the article "

In particular, the average score of the European Commission is 2.16 (excluding the score for section 23 "

Ukraine has not received a score of “5” in any sector, but, according to experts, this level is really difficult to achieve at the candidacy stage, and “4” may be enough to close negotiations on a separate section, so this score is the optimal level for Kiev.

According to the analysis of the European Commission, Ukraine has a good level of training, which in numerical terms is equal to "

For comparison, countries in the negotiation process with the EU have a total score from the European Commission of at least 80. The European Commission evaluates the implementation of EU legislation in North Macedonia and Albania, the countries with which accession negotiations began last summer, at the level of a total score of 97 and 84.5, respectively..

In general, according to experts, the assessment of the European Commission means, firstly, that Ukraine will face a huge layer of work on the implementation of EU legislation, which will require a high level of personnel and institutional viability. Secondly, in order to achieve full readiness for membership, Ukraine should not slow down the pace and quality of reforms - the European Commission annually monitors the approximation of legislation and may lower the assessment in case of kickbacks, which will slow down the process of joining the EU.

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Earlier it was reported that the heads of European institutions speak with restraint about the time frame for Ukraine's accession to the EU and note that the procedure does not provide for clear chronological boundaries of different stages, and the speed of entry depends on merit - the pace and quality of reforms of the candidate country. According to experts, the European Commission report on Ukraine's readiness for EU membership made it clear how much work the country still has to do.