EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep BorrellMOSCOW, 13 Jun. Ukraine has a European culture, and the European Union can expand, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche.
«Ukraine, with its values, culture and history, was already preparing to join Europe through reforms before the start of the conflict with Russia,» the diplomat said. 
«No EU entry». The French were outraged by the behavior of UkraineAccording to him, Brussels promised to accept the countries of the Western Balkans into the European Union, and Ukraine can quite easily get the status of a candidate for EU membership.
«In Thessaloniki, we promised the Western Balkans a European future. Some will succeed in becoming a candidate , others don't. What if we did the same for Ukraine?» Borrell said. 
Five reasons why Ukraine is not going to join the EUUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for EU accession on February 28, and in May the European Commission received from Kyiv, a completed questionnaire to start negotiations. According to von der Leyen, the EC is now preparing an expert opinion for the member countries of the union, it will be ready by the end of next week. Some countries — the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — support the idea of Ukraine joining the EU, but not everyone agrees with this. In particular, as Bloomberg wrote, the Netherlands and Denmark oppose granting candidate status to Kyiv, and Germany, as a compromise, proposes a variant in which this status would be conditional.