EU and Ukrainian flags on the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium. Archival photoMOSCOW, 20 Jun. The European Commission believes that Ukraine should receive the status of a candidate for joining the European Union, but the most difficult obstacles stand in its way, according to the plot of the Swiss TV channel SRF. noted in the material. 
The European Commission called Ukraine the conditions for revoking the status of a candidate for the EUThe journalist explains this by the high level of corruption in the country, as well as by the fact that the decision to join must be made unanimously by all members of the union. At the same time, he recalls that many EU states consider this symbolic step to be premature. Some countries frankly express their doubts: Portugal, for example, publicly weighs the consequences of the entry of an economically weak Ukraine, the article recalls.
The Netherlands also expresses concern about problems with law enforcement and high levels of corruption in Ukraine in recent years. In addition, some countries fear for their current generous agricultural subsidies from the EU budget, because the membership of this Eastern European state will turn everything upside down financially, the journalist believes.
He comes to the conclusion that Ukraine's accession to the European Union is now unrealistic and believes that the fate of the countries of the Western Balkans, which have been sitting in the backyard of the EU for 20 years, may be repeated. 
Volodin told why Ukraine needs EU candidate statusThis week, the EC recommended granting Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidates for the EU. The final decision will be made by community leaders at the summit, which will be held on June 23 and 24. The last country admitted to the European Union was Croatia in 2013. It took ten years for her application to be considered. This is not the only such example. So, Albania received the status of a candidate in 2014, Turkey was assigned it back in 1999, but both countries never became EU members. >The French saw an important hint in Putin's words about Ukraine in the EU