The Question of Granting Candidate Status to Ukraine for EU Membership Will Be Decided in June

The European Commission is awaiting the second part of the questionnaire from Ukraine regarding its EU membership application, with a decision on granting candidate status to Kyiv set for June.

This was announced on Monday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen following a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“I am eagerly awaiting the receipt of the second part of the questionnaire. Europe intends to make its decision in June,” she wrote on Twitter.

Granting candidate status to the country initiates the process of negotiations regarding the conditions for its EU membership.