Laura Laplaud
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8:59 a.m., June 22, 2022
Fighting continues in Ukraine and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to be able to apply for integration into the European Union. According to Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate for Europe, guest of Europe Matin on Wednesday, “there will be no accelerated procedure or privilege” but this request is the subject of “total consensus”.
On the 119th day of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is still trying to rally support among the Twenty-Seven. He hopes to be able to apply for integration into the European Union (EU). For Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate for Europe, this request is the subject of “total consensus” among EU members. “It will be confirmed on Thursday and Friday. It’s a long process, Ukraine will not be a member of the European Union tomorrow morning,” he said at the microphone of Europe 1 on Wednesday.
What are the conditions for joining the EU?
This candidacy must still be officially validated Thursday at a summit. But the deputy elected in the 7th constituency of Paris made a point of specifying that there would be no “accelerated procedure or privilege”. “For a country to join the European Union, all the EU countries must agree, including France, and in France, it goes through a vote in Parliament or a referendum,” he said. -he assures.
What are the conditions for joining the EU? “Any country entering the European Union must meet extremely strict requirements in terms of the fight against corruption, the rule of law, media pluralism, economic level, because in the European Union it is a common market, it is a competition which can be difficult”, specifies the elected representative of the 7th district of Paris.
For Ukraine to officially join the European Union, “it will of course be necessary to end the war, rebuild the country, upgrade to democratic and economic requirements”, suggests Clément Beaune. “It will take time, but we are giving this opening signal,” he concluded.