Negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU should begin this year, says the head of the European Parliament Roberta Metzola. Her words during a visit to Ukraine are quoted by Voice of America.

" I hope this year,"

She added that the future of our country is in the European Union, noting that she "

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Recall that in January, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal 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.. President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees with these forecasts..

But it seems that in Europe they do not share such ambitious plans of Kyiv. " But the fact that our country will so quickly receive the status of a candidate was also not expected by many..

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

To find out whether Kiev is ready to report on the implementation of these recommendations, 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.