LIVE: Michel vows support for ‘every step’ of Ukraine’s EU journey

What are the prospects for Ukraine’s EU membership?

One of many EU’s messages is prone to be bitter for Ukraine: there can be no fast-tracking for Ukraine’s bid to develop into a member. 

Kyiv has stated not too long ago it’s hoping to develop into a full member by 2026 regardless of earlier warnings, notably by French President Emmanuel Macron, that the accession course of can take “a long time”.

The Fee is at the moment engaged on a technical evaluation of the success by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia — who’ve additionally put  in bids since Russia launched its invasion on 24 February — of key standards to develop into a member.

This from Sasha Vakulina in Kyiv forward of the summit:

“Brussels is about to encourage Kyiv to proceed reforms wanted for EU membership, whereas Kyiv needs to get extra particulars and extra readability on when would that occur, provided that Ukraine has been implementing a few of these reforms whereas on the similar time defending itself (towards Russia) for nearly one yr now. The EU-Ukraine summit is all about each side managing their expectations.”