Ukraine to find out on Friday if European Commission supports EU candidacy bid

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Ukraine To Find Out On Friday If European Commission Supports Eu Candidacy Bid
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and French president Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the Mariyinsky Palace in Kyiv. Photo: AP/Press Association
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Ukraine will find out today if the European Commission supports it bid to become a candidate to join the EU.

It will give an opinion later but the final decision will be made at a European Union summit of national leaders next week.

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France, Germany, Italy and Romania have backed EU candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova in a concerted effort to settle doubts about their level of support for Kyiv in Russia’s ongoing war.

Dublin Green Party MEP Ciaran Cuffe says it's a complex and lengthy process and it could take a long time before EU membership is granted.

“Albania and North Macedonia are getting quite frustrated, they have been in the queue for over a decade now. They want to get the green light as well and they want to move forward.

“So I think, Ukraine, while most European Union members want Ukraine to join the club, as it were, we all have to realise it’s going to be a long process.”

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