The EU expects the second part of the questionnaire on the status of a candidate for membership from Kyiv

EU logo . File photoBRUSSELS, Apr 19 The European Union is waiting for the second part of the questionnaire from Kyiv to obtain the status of a candidate for membership of the Union, there is no deadline for considering the document, said European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer. Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that handed over to the Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Ukraine Mati Maasikas the completed questionnaire for Ukraine to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership. He later added that Ukraine would soon share the second part of the responses to the questionnaire with the EU. handed over the answers to the first part of the questionnaire, we are waiting for the answers to the second. Then we will start studying it for the preparation of our commentary, but there are no deadlines,» Mamer said at a briefing in Brussels. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a visit to Kyiv earlier in April, she gave Zelensky an envelope with a questionnaire to start negotiations on joining the European Union. She stressed that the questionnaire being transmitted is «the basis for discussions in the coming months.» Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna subsequently confirmed that Kyiv received the questionnaire and hopes to become a candidate country in June. On February 28, Zelensky signed an application for Ukraine's accession to the European Union. The next day, the European Parliament supported a resolution granting Ukraine the status of a candidate country. Earlier, the EU Permanent Representatives agreed to instruct the European Commission to prepare an assessment of the applications of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova for EU membership. the weight