EU agrees to start the accession process of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

The countries of the European Union (EU) agreed to start the process so that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia can become, in the future, members of the community club, after the request that these three countries made to Brussels last week.

As reported by the French presidency of the EU on its official Twitter account, the Twenty-seven asked this Monday the European Comission (EC) to take the first step on that path, drawing up the necessary report to decide whether the EU countries grant Ukraine, moldova and Georgia candidate country status.

“Agreement to invite the EC to submit an opinion on each of the applications for EU membership submitted by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova”, Said the tweet, after a meeting of the ambassadors of the Twenty-seven before the community institutions, in which they analyzed the issue.

the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed the request for accession to the EU last week, as part of the response to the invasion that Russia launched on February 24. Moldova and Georgia followed suit 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 enter the EUamong them, 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 is the first step in a process that usually lasts years – the EU countries must approve it unanimously and only then can accession negotiations begin.

The president of the EC, Ursula Von der LeyenHe assured last week that “there is still a road ahead” to successfully complete this enlargement process.

Today Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro are in negotiations with Brussels to join the EU and Albania and North Macedonia have obtained the status of candidate countries.