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The European Union Parliament supports Ukraine’s bid to achieve candidate status to join the European Union, Parliament Speaker Roberta Metsola said on Friday at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“The EU Parliament stands firmly behind Ukraine’s request for EU candidate status,” Metsola said.<\/p>\n
After reviewing the two parts of the questionnaire submitted by Kiev to Brussels on the commitments and applications for status, next week Brussels can launch the expected recommendation.<\/p>\n
On April 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted a completed questionnaire to EU officials to apply for EU candidate status.<\/p>\n
The granting of candidate status to Ukraine will be decided by the members of the bloc, who will act on the advice of experts of the European Commission.<\/p>\n
If candidate status is approved, Ukraine will have to go through a complex and potentially lengthy accession process, which must demonstrate compliance with strict democratic and rule of law standards.<\/p>\n
But given the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, EU officials have said they will work to speed up the process.<\/p>\n
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