Accession to the EU: Ukraine needs to adopt 3000 more acts to comply with European legislation
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine is working towards EU membership by adapting its legislation: 23,000 Ukrainian acts are already compatible, 1,500 have been implemented, and about 3,000 more are to be adopted. MP Arseniy Pushkarenko notes that a progress report is due in March 2024, which will precede accession negotiations.
Negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union is the beginning of a major effort to become a in the EU. Among the main tasks is the analysis and implementation of those acts that are compatible with the European legislation of those acts that are compatible with European legislation. This was reported by MP, Deputy Chairman of the of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Arseniy Pushkarenko, reports UNN.
According to the politician, in the absence of war, for Lithuania and Latvia, negotiations on accession to the EU lasted 4 years; in Estonia and Poland, the process lasted 6 years.
Therefore, we must clearly understand that in the case of Ukraine, negotiations on accession to the European Union are the beginning of a great deal of work to get us into the EU
As for the laws, according to the MP, about 28,000 acts of of Ukrainian legislation, 23,000 of which are compatible with European legislation - more than 1500 acts have already been implemented, and about 3000 more need to be adopted.
Pushkarenko also reminded that the next report on Ukraine's fulfillment of agreements and obligations to the the European Union will be in March 2024.
By this time, we have to implement 4 mandatory recommendations, and the European Commission will prepare a framework. If this implementation report is approved, the European Commission will approve the framework for negotiations, and we will start them. After transforming many things in our country, implementing reforms (judicial, anti-corruption, decentralization, etc.), we will meet the Copenhagen criteria and be accepted into the EU
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