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Monday, May 23, 2022 - 18:00
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UNLIKELY THAT UKRAINE WILL BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP: DUTCH PM



The chance that Ukraine will soon become a candidate for European Union
membership is not very great, Prime Minister Mark Rutte thinks. Too many
countries in the EU don't like the idea. That would also be unfair to countries
in the Western Balkans that have been waiting much longer for candidate
membership, he said in parliament.

The European Commission must first respond to the Kyiv government's request to
become a candidate for membership. Then the heads of government decide on
whether this should happen.

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One possibility is that Ukraine becomes a potential candidate member and is told
how many steps it still needs to take to obtain this status, Rutte said. That
happened before with Bosnia. It will also help ensure that the Ukrainian
government is "not demotivated," Rutte said.

Several parties in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament,
called for Ukraine to be made a candidate member as soon as possible. They
include the D66, PvdA, and GroenLinks - a coalition party and two opposition
parties with whom the Cabinet often tries to work in the Senate. The VVD is
still "reluctant" to grant this status.



According to Rutte, Ukraine was "very far away" from candidate membership before
the Russian invasion. He also does not see the status happening soon for
Moldova. That does not rule out that these countries won't eventually join the
EU, said the Prime Minister. All countries on the European continent are
entitled to join the EU, provided they meet the conditions.

European leaders previously said that Ukraine is part of the European family.
According to Rutte, that was more of an "emotional" than a "legal" statement.
There will be an extra summit of European leaders on Ukraine next week. 

Reporting by ANP and NL Times






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