“The clock’s run out on us providing any more info,” Stefanishyna said during anticorruption forum, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
“European Commission is going to make some big calls in next few days. They’ll first confirm our report on nailing those extra criteria, then decide whether to hand us the negotiation framework so the member states can give it the thumbs up.”
Ukraine’s law enforcement parliamentary committee has green-lit the final legislative piece for the lobbying recommendations, introducing penalties for breaking the previously established lobbying laws.
The negotiation framework for Ukraine’s EU accession process is on the docket for the next week, the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on March 8.
Negotiation framework document lays down the rules and procedures for the accession talks with the candidate country and reflects the EU’s stance on the negotiations.
Stefanishyna had earlier shared expectations that the European Commission would unveil this framework for Ukraine’s EU entry no later than March 12.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed a historic development on Nov. 8 as the European Commission officially recommended launching negotiations for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
Ukraine could join the European Union by 2030, said the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.