During his visit to Kyiv on Saturday, the President of the European Commission promised that Ukraine’s request for candidacy to the European Union would be answered soon. “Today’s discussions will allow us to finalize our assessment by the end of next week,” Ursula von der Lane said after a meeting with President Volodymyr Selensky.

Ukraine is demanding a “legal commitment” to allow it to gain the status of the official candidate for the European Union as soon as possible, but all twenty-seven are highly divided on this question. “We want to support Ukraine in its European journey,” said Ursula von Der Lane. “We want to look to the future. You have done a lot, but there is still a lot to do, for example to fight corruption.

For Ukraine, the candidate’s position would be “a starting point” and the key to a lengthy process of negotiations and reforms acknowledged by Volodymyr Selensky on his part. However, in a video message on Saturday evening, he said, “We will work harder at all levels to get the right decision. She is very important to us. ”