Deadline for Ukraine's EU accession preparations revealed

Olha Stefanishyna, who served as deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration until 17 July, has stated that the Ukrainian government’s objective of preparing the country for EU membership by the end of 2027 remains unchanged.

Source: Stefanishyna in an interview with European Pravda (English translation coming soon)

Details: Stefanishyna said this during an interview with European Pravda in response to a question about Ukraine’s goals regarding the EU accession process.

She answered: "To open all the negotiating clusters in 2025, and to complete the legislative amendments so that our laws fully align with EU law by the end of 2027."

Stefanishyna noted that even now, all the commitments Ukraine has undertaken in the negotiation process – without transitional periods – have been limited to the end of 2027. "So we have 2025-26 to develop decisions, and 2026-27 to adopt them," she explained.

She added that the alignment programme currently being prepared reflects this timeline.

"We’ve launched a major EU project called Ukraine2EU, which supports this process. There are experts, a methodological framework, and existing groundwork. And once the European Commission reports are available for each cluster, we’ll be able to approve the programme gradually, cluster by cluster," she said.

Stefanishyna also stressed that she sees no reason to scale back these goals or make them less ambitious.

She confirmed that the opening of the first negotiating cluster on Ukraine’s EU accession had been scheduled for 18 July.

She also revealed that her main tasks in her new role as the president’s envoy for cooperation with the US will be to implement the minerals deal and organise a mechanism for the purchase of US weapons.

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