Kyiv hopes that the 27 will grant candidate status to Ukraine at the June 23rd and 24th summit.
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky expressed in his sermon last night the certainty that Ukraine will become a candidate country in the coming weeksdespite Germany ‘s reluctance to support the admission process.
«This will be a decision not only for Ukraine, but for the whole European project“, Said Mr. Zelenski, adding that will decide whether the EU has a “future” or not.
The European Commission is expected to decide soon how to proceed with the request for membership submitted by Kyiv immediately after the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory on February 24.
The Chancellor of Germany, the Olaf Soltshas made it clear how does not believe that the accession process should be accelerated in the case of Ukraine. Although other EU member states strongly support Kiev’s request, Berlin remains reluctant.
Mr. Zelensky sent the Minister of Communications and Regional Development Oleksiy Chernysov in Germany in the role of special envoy, to pressure the German government.
Kyiv hopes that The 27 will grant candidate status to Ukraine at the June 23rd and 24th Summit. «The European Union must embrace Ukraine “Mr Chernysov said in view of his contacts in Berlin, he added, however, that he did not argue that his country should be treated preferentially.
“We do not expect accession through the back door, nor do we expect an urgent process for Ukraine.” he said, adding that Kyiv was not interested in any form of association with the EU other than full membership, an idea put on the table by French President Emanuel Macron. “We do not plan to look at any other form” Mr Zelensky’s envoy insisted today.
