As predicted, on Friday, 17 June, the European Commission recommended granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership. And although the final decision will be made at the EU summit on 23–24 June, thisindicates that the meeting will end positively for Kyiv. Whether the visit to Ukraine by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania influenced the European Commission’s decision, whether current pace of Ukraine’s European integration will be maintained after acquiring the candidate status, whether the European criteria are realistic for Ukraine to become a full member of the European Union, and some other questions were discussed with Mykhailo Pashkov, co-director of the Razumkov Centre’s Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes.
The European Commission has given the go-ahead: what’s next for Ukraine on its way to the EU
Mykhailo Pashkov
Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes
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