Ukraine plans to fully launch EU accession negotiations by mid-2025 - Stefanishyna
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Ukraine aims to launch the EU accession negotiations by the first half of 2025. Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said the country should be prepared for possible political decisions on membership.
Ukraine wants to fully launch the negotiation process on joining the EU in the first half of 2024 and the first half of 2025 and prepare for possible political decisions. This was reported by the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna, an UNN correspondent reports.
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"The task that we have set for ourselves together is that by the time there is a political window of opportunity to make a decision on Ukraine's membership in the EU, it can happen quickly enough. We should be ready for this within the next year or two. For this, absolutely all negotiating chapters should be open, and we should form a common position on each negotiating point. This is very hard work, and it cannot be avoided. Therefore, in the second half of 2024 and the first half of 2025, we want to fully launch the negotiation process and prepare for possible political decisions," Stefanishyna said.
Recall
On June 26, Ukraine officially launched accession negotiations with the European Union, marking a new historical milestone in the country's recent history, despite the Russian invasion.
Ukraine and the European Commission have started bilateral meetings as part of the process of assessing the approximation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law, an important step on the road to EU membership.
