{"id":1405090,"date":"2026-06-14T20:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/how-long-can-technical-negotiations-on-ukraines-accession-to-the-eu-last-assessments-of-european-officials\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:52:22","slug":"how-long-can-technical-negotiations-on-ukraines-accession-to-the-eu-last-assessments-of-european-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/how-long-can-technical-negotiations-on-ukraines-accession-to-the-eu-last-assessments-of-european-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s EU Dream Faces a Long Wait: Officials Reveal the Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

European officials estimate that Ukraine could complete the technical phase of EU accession negotiations within about four years if the necessary political momentum is maintained. However, Brussels notes that progress remains uneven, with only around 15% of the reforms outlined in the agreed membership roadmap implemented so far, highlighting the scale of work still ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is noted that on June 15, Ukraine and Moldova are to open the first negotiation cluster on the path to joining the European Union. European officials consider this stage an important step in the process of European integration of both countries.<\/p>\n

According to the publication, EU officials, speaking to journalists, noted that Ukraine has implemented only 15% of the reforms stipulated in the 10-point plan, which was agreed upon in December last year by EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, and Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Taras Kachka.<\/p>\n

The plan includes strengthening the independence of the NABU and SAPO, adopting an anti-corruption strategy, and implementing reforms in the appointment of judges and prosecutors. In addition to joining the European Union, Ukraine must implement thousands of European laws and decisions and then receive unanimous support from all EU member states.<\/p>\n

In a joint statement, European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised the determination, courage, and hard work of Ukraine and Moldova in implementing reforms.<\/p>\n

Former European Commission Enlargement Advisor Heather Grabbe stressed the importance of opening the first negotiating cluster.<\/p>\n

“This is the beginning of the process of concluding a membership agreement. So it’s very important,” said Heather Grabbe.<\/p>\n

According to her, the start of negotiations will be a test for Ukraine of its readiness for full EU membership.<\/p>\n

“It is impossible to bypass the adoption, implementation, and enforcement of EU laws on the territory of Ukraine. And this will take some time. And it will be associated with administrative costs,” said Heather Grabbe.<\/p>\n

As is known, the countries of the European Union unanimously approved the start of <\/a>accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The first intergovernmental conference will be held on June 15, at which the first negotiating cluster \u201cFundamentals\u201d will be opened.<\/p>\n

It was previously reported that Ukraine and the European Union may open two negotiation clusters as soon as June<\/a> as part of the EU accession process.<\/p>\n

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European officials estimate that Ukraine could complete the technical phase of EU accession negotiations within about four years if the necessary political momentum is maintained. However, Brussels notes that progress remains uneven, with only around 15% of the reforms outlined in the agreed membership roadmap implemented so far, highlighting the scale of work still ahead. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1401547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76875,76885,76871],"class_list":["post-1405090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1405210,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405090\/revisions\/1405210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1401547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}