Ukraine and EU flags near the building of the European Parliament in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 17Ukraine has already filled out a questionnaire on EU membership, then Brussels should give its recommendation regarding the country's accession to the association, said Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office. «As the president promised Ursula von der Leyen, when she visited Ukraine on April 8, Ukraine will fill out the questionnaire that Ms. Ursula brought with her. Today a week has passed, and we can state that the document that Ms. Ursula brought has been filled in from the Ukrainian side. Therefore, the ball will continue on the side of the European Commission — it will prepare an appropriate recommendation on whether Ukraine fulfills the Copenhagen membership criteria. Without such a recommendation, without such an assessment, no one will take us to the European Union,» Zhovkva said on the air of the 1 + 1 TV channel. According to him, the president's office expects that the recommendation of the European Union «will be positive» .The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during a visit to Kyiv earlier in April, conveyed to Vladimir ru Zelensky an envelope with a questionnaire to start negotiations on joining the European Union. She stressed that the questionnaire being transmitted is «the basis for discussions in the coming months.» Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna subsequently confirmed that Kyiv received the questionnaire and hopes to become a candidate country in June. On February 28, Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for Ukraine's accession to the European Union. The next day, the European Parliament supported a resolution granting Ukraine the status of a candidate country. Earlier, the EU Permanent Representatives agreed to instruct the European Commission to prepare an assessment of the applications of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova for EU membership. content
