EU Won’t Set End Dates for Moldova and Ukraine Accession Talks

The EU will not set deadlines for the conclusion of membership negotiations for Moldova and Ukraine

The European Commission plans to present its annual enlargement package at the summit on 4 November. It is expected that a separate ‘roadmap’ will be presented for Moldova and Ukraine as part of the event.

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However, the document will not specify indicative dates for the conclusion of EU accession negotiations for either country, writes eurointegration.com.ua. The publication learnt this from its own sources within the EU.

“At present, there are no plans to set any dates for the possible conclusion of EU accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova,” EuroPravda quotes one of its sources as saying.

Another source clarified to the publication that, in the week leading up to the publication of the enlargement package, approaches to drawing up the ‘roadmaps’ may change, so ‘no version can be considered final at this stage’.

In light of these statements, “European Pravda” notes that the information it has received refutes the news circulated in the media the day before, which claimed that the “roadmap” towards Ukraine’s EU membership envisages the conclusion of negotiations by the end of 2029.

As previously reported by Logos Press, Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan stated in his address at the Moldova–EU Association Council meeting on 5 October: “We have set ourselves the goal of completing the technical work required to conclude negotiations by early 2028 and preparing Moldova for EU accession by 2030.”

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.

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