{"id":35355,"date":"2022-04-19T10:28:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=35355"},"modified":"2022-04-19T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:28:19","slug":"media-the-european-commission-can-prepare-an-opinion-on-ukraines-application-for-eu-membership-by-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=35355","title":{"rendered":"Media: The European Commission can prepare an opinion on Ukraine&#8217;s application for EU membership by June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conclusion of the European Commission on Ukraine&#8217;s application for EU membership may be made in May and it may be ready in June, with reference to EU officials,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/enlargement\/news\/ukraine-completes-questionnaire-for-eu-membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Euractiv reports<\/a>\u00a0, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 19 , April , 2022 | Ukraine News .\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to EU officials, &#8220;it is expected that the conclusion can be made in May and ready by June.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We know how important it is for them to receive a signal and encourage them as they fight for their survival,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Igor Zhovkva, Zelensky&#8217;s deputy head of the office, said earlier Monday that he expects Ukraine to receive candidate status in June during a scheduled European Council meeting attended by EU leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We expect that the recommendation &#8230; will be positive, and then the ball will be on the side of the EU member states,&#8221; Zhovkva said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next EU summit is scheduled for June 23-24, and an extraordinary summit on Russia, energy and defense has already been announced for May 30-31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But before it is possible to discuss Ukraine&#8217;s application for EU membership with the participation of 27 member states, the European Commission must make a recommendation on Ukraine&#8217;s compliance with the necessary membership criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As indicated, although the process in Ukraine is expected to be slightly faster than in other EU member states, it is likely to be lengthy.&nbsp;It took Croatia, the last EU member, 10 years to join the bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 18, Ukraine sent the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/news\/1972980-ukrayina-vidpravila-do-bryusselya-pershu-chastinu-anketi-schodo-chlenstva-u-yes\">first part of the EU membership application<\/a>&nbsp;to Brussels .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine intends to complete the second part of the EU questionnaire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/exclusive\/1973019-ukrai-na-maye-namir-zapovniti-drugu-chastinu-opituvalnika-yes-do-pochatku-travnya\">by early May<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/\">Ukrgate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conclusion of the European Commission on Ukraine&#8217;s application for EU membership may be made in May and it may be ready in June, with reference to EU officials,\u00a0Euractiv reports\u00a0, KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 19 , April , 2022 | Ukraine News .\u00a0 Quote According to EU officials, &#8220;it is expected that the conclusion can be made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":35356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10831],"tags":[3765,996,1000],"class_list":["post-35355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine-news","category-war-news","tag-media","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35357,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35355\/revisions\/35357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}