Ukraine completed the questionnaire required to move to the EU

BERLIN: Ukraine expects to be granted the status of a candidate country for EU membership at the European Council meeting in June.

The questionnaire required for Ukraine to acquire the status of an EU candidate has already been completely filled out, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Igor Zhovkva said on the air of the national telethon.

"As the president promised Ursula von der Leyen, when she visited Ukraine on April 8, that within a week Ukraine will fill out the questionnaire that Ms. Ursula brought with her. Today a week has passed, and we can state that the document that Ursula brought with Ukrainian side is full. Therefore, the ball will go on to the side of the European Commission. It will prepare an appropriate recommendation whether Ukraine meets the Copenhagen criteria for membership. Without such a recommendation, no one will accept us in the EU. We expect that, based on this information that we have provided to the European Commission, such a recommendation will be positive, and then the ball is on the side of the EU member states," Zhovkva said.

The deputy head of the OP added that Ukraine expects to be granted the status of a candidate country for EU membership at a meeting of the European Council in June.

"And then negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU should begin. And when we hold such negotiations, we can already talk about full-fledged membership of Ukraine in the EU," he said.

Recall that the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, believes that Kyiv has reason to count on victory, the outlines of which should be determined by Ukraine itself.