BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's executive on Wednesday recommended opening formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, in a major show of support for Kyiv as it battles Russia.Ukraine launched its bid to become part of the European Union right after Moscow's all-out invasion in February 2022, and was officially named a candidate to join in June of the same year.
The commission recommended opening negotiations"once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is achieved"."Now to go through this door, for that, of course there has to be activity in Bosnia."Turkey began accession talks in 2005, but those are at a dead end. Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia are also stuck in negotiations.
Allowing in a war-shattered nation of more than 40 million people would spell a major shift -- and huge costs -- for the bloc and will turn some countries currently receiving EU funds into net contributors.
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