“They have made excellent progress. “It is impressive and we will witness it next week when the Commission presents its report on enlargement.” With these words, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen predicted what would happen in her lifetime last weekend. Sixth visit to Kiev In order to reiterate Europe’s unwavering support since the beginning of the Russian occupation, the Panel of Commissioners will publish its positive recommendation on the opening this Wednesday. Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, but only when Kiev meets all the necessary conditions. The final decision will need to be made 27 EU Heads of State and GovernmentUnanimously at the summit in mid-December.
Brussels granted candidate status in June 2022, considering that the country has a strong parliamentary democracy and well-functioning public administration that ensures Ukraine’s functioning. A year and a half later, with the conflict between Israel and Hamas attracting the attention of the international community and some European partners beginning to talk about the “fatigue” of the war, the Community Executive plans to adopt a progress report that it hopes will serve as a measure of progress. The rallying cry, oxygen for Volodymyr Zelensky’s rule.
According to the document submitted this Tuesday Radio Free Europeand which may still be subject to change, the Commission considers Kiev to fully comply with these conditions. four out of seven criteriaexpansion commissioner two more than he had in June, Oliver VarhelyHe evaluated the situation in the presence of European affairs ministers. Brussels later confirmed that Kiev had completed benchmarks aimed at reducing emissions. political influence between media and the judicial system. Now add two more like compliance money laundering and greater assurance of the integrity of candidates for membership of the High Council of Justice and the establishment of a high qualification commission for judges.
On the other hand, Kiev has not yet completed the remaining three conditions that need to be improved if it wants to start EU accession negotiations: Further strengthening the fight against EU accession. corruption and especially the appointment of a new president Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s OfficeLaw on pressure groups to prevent undue influence oligarchs and reforming legislation on national minorities, amending state language, media and education laws, in line with the recommendations of the Venice commission. Despite this bittersweet balance, von der Leyen is in favor of continuing to provide oxygen to the Ukrainian Government, which, as she said on Saturday, has completed “more than 90%” of the requested measures.
Support from Brussels
“I want to tell you how impressed we are with the reforms you made in the middle of the war. They are fighting a war for existence and at the same time reform deeply his country. The country has achieved many milestones: reforming the judicial system, stopping the control of oligarchs, tackling money laundering… and much more,” von der Leyen acknowledged from the heart of Kiev on Saturday, insisting the country complete pending reforms. He said: ” Ukraine will be able to achieve its ambitious goal of moving to the next stage of the process. participation”.
“Comments on the long-awaited report of the European Commission are full of emotions and there is little understanding of the path that opened before us on June 23 last year,” commented Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister responsible for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Olha Stefanishyna, on the social network Facebook. “We may not like it, we may not agree and we may even think it is unfair, but the important thing is that we Ukraine have already set the bar very high for all enlargement countries,” he added. In addition to the Ukraine report, Community Management will also publish its assessment of: Moldova, Georgia and the remaining countries Western Balkans.