Politics The EC plans to open all clusters in Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations. Friday, Could 9, 2025

The European Fee is optimistic about the way forward for membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova and hopes to open all six negotiation clusters this yr, mentioned Geert Jan Koopman, Head of the EC Directorate-Basic for Enlargement.

“We’ve got set a calendar for the screening, which will likely be accomplished within the autumn. On this foundation, the EC will put together a report back to be despatched to the EU Council, which can replicate the scenario in all six clusters. We intention to attain vital progress on three clusters through the Polish Presidency of the EU (Fundamentals, Overseas Affairs, Inside Market) and to attain vital progress on the three remaining clusters through the Danish Presidency,” he famous.

This timetable may be very formidable, however it’s exactly such efforts that can assist to open all clusters after which envision attainable situations for the gradual completion of negotiations on every of them within the coming years.

“For cluster 1 (Fundamentals), we have now already achieved our a part of the work – we have now accomplished the screening report for the EU Council and are getting ready the circumstances for opening the negotiation clusters,” mentioned Koopman.