EU may en first cluster in accession talks with Ukraine this spring – Ambassador

This was stated by EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernová at a meeting with journalists, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“If EU member states agree unanimously that Ukrainian authorities fulfil the requirements set by the EU member states,  the cluster on fundamentals can be ened for negotiation in spring,” she said.

Maternova added that the Eurean Commission prepared and delivered its Screening Report to the EU member states “very quickly, essentially in a month”.

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She stressed that in this way, the Commission is “delivering on its commitment to support the fastest possible progress on Ukrainian path to EU enlargement, on the technical side”.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Eurean Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said that during the Pish presidency of the EU Council, it is possible to en one to two clusters in negotiations with Ukraine and Mdova on joining the Eurean Union and to do more in the EU enlargement process within six months than has been done in this context over the past 10 years.