BRUSSELS, June 23 At the summit in Brussels, the heads of state and government of the European Union approved the provision of Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidates for joining the organization, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel.
"The agreement has been reached", he wrote on Twitter.
Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel spoke about a positive decision for the countries. The European Council will take further steps after the candidate countries fulfill the conditions formulated by the European Commission. application for Ukraine's accession to the EU. Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed such a document on March 3. At the same time, many leaders of the participating countries warned about the long process of accession and even called the granting of candidate status symbolic. The last state 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. >Ukraine is being driven to die for the status of an EU candidate