Ukraine deserves EU candidate status — President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola

Ukraine, as a country that shares the fundamental values and principles on which the European Union is built and fights for them, deserves to be granted the status of an EU candidate, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said.

“Why would we spend once again decades hiding behind legalities when it is just simply a question of political will,” she added.

The President of Latvia, Egils Levits, also supported the position that granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate is a political decision, and the EU should do it.

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