The Twenty-seven have asked the Commission to take the first step on this path, preparing the necessary report to decide whether the EU countries grant Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia the status of a candidate country.
The countries of the European Union have agreed this Monday to start the process so that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia may become, in the future, members of the community club, following the request that these three countries made to Brussels last week.
As reported by the French presidency of the Union on its official Twitter account, the Twenty-seven today asked the Commission to take the first step on that path, preparing the necessary report to decide whether the EU countries grant Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia the status of a candidate country.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky signed the petition. of accession to the EU last week, as part of the response to the invasion that Russia launched on February 24.
Moldova and Georgia they followed in his footsteps immediately, fearing Moscow.
The Community Executive will now prepare a report in which it will assess whether Kiev, Chisinau and Tbilisi meet the criteria to become candidate countries to join the EU, including respect for the fundamental values of the Union, the existence of stable institutions that guarantee democracy as well as a market economy.
When Brussels completes its assessment – which means the first step in a process that often takes years – EU countries will have to approve it unanimously and only then can accession negotiations begin.
Today there is Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro are in negotiations with Brussels to enter the EU and Albania and North Macedonia have obtained the status of candidate countries.
Source: Eitb
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