{"id":40885,"date":"2022-06-24T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T09:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=40885"},"modified":"2022-06-24T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T09:29:37","slug":"we-are-changing-ukraine-for-ourselves-not-for-someone-zelensky-commented-on-eu-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=40885","title":{"rendered":"We are changing Ukraine for ourselves, not for someone &#8211; Zelensky commented on EU candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are changing Ukraine for ourselves, not for someone &#8211; Zelensky commented on EU candidacy .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate . 24 . June . 2022 | Political News.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine will become a member of the EU in the future, and now it is officially enshrined.\u00a0The next steps are to implement the recommendations of the European Commission.\u00a0This was announced by\u00a0President\u00a0of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Candidate status is not just a new step.&nbsp;This is a new peak.&nbsp;Not a new paragraph, not a new page or even a new section.&nbsp;This is a new volume in the history of Ukraine&#8217;s European integration, which we started writing today.&nbsp;And as of today, this book has no other options but one: Ukraine will become a member of the EU in the future.&nbsp;As of today, this is fixed at the official level.&nbsp;Candidate status is a mandatory stage that most countries have gone through.&nbsp;This is the point of no return.&nbsp;It&#8217;s not just a new name or a new sign.&nbsp;This is a new status and a new image.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today it is recognized: Ukraine is not a bridge, not a pillow between the West and Russia, not a buffer between Europe and Asia, not a sphere of influence, not a &#8220;gray&#8221; zone, not a transit territory.&nbsp;Not the border between orcs and elves.&nbsp;Ukraine is a future equal partner for at least 27 EU countries, &#8220;the joint address of the President, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and the Prime Minister reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelensky noted that despite the war, Ukraine continues to implement EU legislation, norms and rules in all spheres of life.&nbsp;The government is developing an appropriate roadmap.&nbsp;The next steps are to implement the recommendations of the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We expect the Verkhovna Rada to approve European integration laws as a matter of priority.&nbsp;From all of you &#8211; high civic consciousness, devotion to our values \u200b\u200band awareness that no one will build us a European Ukraine, except us.&nbsp;We are changing Ukraine for ourselves, not for someone else.&nbsp;We implement reforms not because of someone&#8217;s demands, but because of our own beliefs.&nbsp;Ukraine seeks not to join, but to return to the European family.&nbsp;In 2014, the Ukrainian people defended and defended their European future.&nbsp;But I chose it much earlier.&nbsp;For centuries, our people have been committed to the principles of tolerance and respect.&nbsp;Hundreds of national communities and representatives of all religious denominations have lived and still live in peace and harmony on our land, &#8220;Zelensky said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Council has granted Ukraine and Moldova\u00a0candidate status\u00a0for EU membership.\u00a0European Council President Charles Michel reaffirmed his decision on Ukraine, calling it a &#8220;historic moment&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:\u00a0Ukrgate<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are changing Ukraine for ourselves, not for someone &#8211; Zelensky commented on EU candidacy . 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