EU flags outside the organization's headquarters in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, June 11The European Commission will formulate an opinion by the end of next week on whether Ukraine should be a candidate for EU accession, EC head Ursula von der Leyen said.Von der Leyen had previously arrived in Ukraine to discuss Kyiv's application for EU membership.» As you know, the commission is currently preparing recommendations for the so-called expert opinion for EU member states. We are working on this assessment day and night, and I promised you … that we will tirelessly work on it. So, today's discussions will allow us to complete our assessment by the end of next week,» von der Leyen said at a press conference in Kyiv. The broadcast was conducted on her Twitter page.
