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<\/a><\/td>\nUkrainian Center for European Policy<\/p>\n
On April 8, 2022, the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen has opened the door to Ukraine\u2019s candidate status by handing over the EC questionnaire to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It seems that the E\u0421 has chosen an accelerated and simplified bureaucratic procedure for Ukraine so that the vote on Ukraine\u2019s EU candidacy in the EU Council, scheduled for 25-26 June this year, happens.<\/p>\n
On April 8, 2022, the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen has opened the door to Ukraine\u2019s candidate status by handing over the EC questionnaire to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It seems that the E\u0421 has chosen an accelerated and simplified bureaucratic procedure for Ukraine so that the vote on Ukraine\u2019s EU candidacy in the EU Council, scheduled for 25-26 June this year, happens.<\/p>\n
In addition to sending an extremely powerful (geo)political message of hope and support from the European Union to Ukraine, that is bravely fighting against Russian invasion, the candidacy (if voted) would raise an important issue both for European and Ukrainian policy makers on how and at what scale Ukraine will be supported by the EU as a candidate country, given the ongoing war, which is likely to escalate into a protracted one until the complete attrition of one of the parties.<\/p>\n
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