European Commission Opinion on Ukraine's Eligibility for Candidate State Status Suggests Allowing the EU to Rescind This Status in the Case of Ukraine's Violation of Its Commitments. This was reported in the publication of the publication "

So far there have been no such provisions in EU decisions regarding applications for membership from another state.. Now Brussels, taking into account the special situation of Ukraine, has made such a decision simultaneously in relation to two applicant states - Ukraine and Moldova.

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It is important that in order to maintain the status of an EU candidate, Ukraine needs to complete 7 blocks of reforms.

Brussels reserves the right to withdraw this status at any time, or vice versa - to move Ukraine or Moldova closer to joining the EU.

It is noted that the EU has not determined the exact date by which Ukraine must prove the ability to carry out reforms.. The proposal says that the European Commission will conduct a first assessment as early as the end of 2022, however, for the resumption of reforms in Ukraine, hostilities must end, so the deadline may be extended..

As previously reported, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the decision of the European Commission to recommend granting Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the EU and said that he was counting on a positive final decision next week.

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