Flags of Ukraine and the European Union near the building of the European Parliament in BrusselsMOSCOW, 11 Jun. Ukraine will receive EU candidate status, but only with certain conditions, writes Bloomberg.»The European Commission (EC) is expected to recommend on June 17 that Ukraine be granted EU candidate status, but on conditions related to the rule law and the fight against corruption,» the article reads. members of the European Union must unanimously approve the decision, but half a dozen countries, including the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Portugal, are skeptical of the idea, Bloomberg notes. The complex accession process itself could take more than a decade, the article says. wp-content/uploads/2022/06/98a94f6ddcd170094abe494872f9a1ac.jpg» />Who is ashamed to be a EuropeanEarlier, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during a trip to Kyiv, said that the EC would formulate an opinion on whether Ukraine should be a candidate for EU membership by the end of next week. Zelensky on February 28 signed an application for Ukraine's accession to the European Union. Von der Leyen, while visiting Kyiv in April, gave Zelensky a questionnaire to start negotiations on joining the European Union. The EC is currently evaluating Ukraine's responses and, as previously reported, it is expected to present its recommendations on the possibility of granting Ukraine candidate status to EU leaders in the near future. jpg» />A mistake came out: the West was not ready to resist Russia for a long time
