At the Brussels summit, which will be held on June 23-24, the European Commission will recommend to the leaders of the European Union to grant Ukraine the status of an EU candidate. This is reported by Politico, citing its own sources..

According to journalists, during the discussion of the issue of Ukraine among the members of the commission on Monday, they agreed on the need to grant it the status of a candidate for EU membership.. This is due to several factors. The first of them is that the Ukrainians gave too much strength and lives, holding a protective line between Russia and Europe.. As for the second, it is a signal to Vladimir Putin that the Russian Federation will never again be able to make Ukraine dependent on itself..

“The Commission does not forget that Ukraine is the only country in Europe where people who were shot died because they were on the streets with EU flags. Now we can’t tell them: “Sorry guys, you were waving the wrong flags,” Politico journalists quote a senior European Commission official.

To recognize Ukraine as a candidate country, the unanimous approval of 27 heads of state and government in the European Council is needed, which should consider this issue at a summit in Brussels next week. According to unconfirmed information from diplomats and the media, at least three EU countries still oppose granting Ukraine candidate status..

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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?”?