How long does it take to officially join the EU in Ukraine?There are 5 countries in front of the line, and one country has waited for 17 years

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Intern Yang Xingnan

Ukraine and Moldova became the EU candidate members, and Ukraine President Zeleiski expressed excitement, while Russian President Putin said that "it is not opposed." However, EU officials believe that Ukraine may have to wait for several years to finally join the European Union. Earlier, there were 5 EU candidates. They have been suffering for many years and have not yet become a formal member of the European Union. Among them, Northern Malaysia has waited for 17 years.

EU (Picture Source: Agence France -Presse)

The EU approves Ukraine as a candidate, and Putin calls "not opposed"

Comprehensive foreign media reports that on June 23, local time, the EU Summer Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium. The President of the European Council Michelle announced that both Ukraine and Moldova have won the status of EU candidate.

That night, Michelle said in social media that this was a historic moment, marking a key step in Ukraine and Moldova on the road to the European Union.

Ukrainian President Zeleki welcomed the European Union's decision. He wrote on Twitter: "This is a unique and historic moment in the relationship between Ukraine and the European Union." It is reported that Ukraine launched special military operations in Russia in February this year. Later, the procedure for applying to the EU was launched, and the application was officially submitted on February 28.

According to the Russian satellite news agency, Russian President Putin stated on June 17 that the EU is not a military organization, so Russia does not oppose Ukraine to join the EU.

Multiple candidates are still waiting for, and North Malandon has waited for 17 years

However, according to "Russia Today", after becoming a candidate member, Ukraine and Moldova may take several years to finally join the EU. Some EU diplomats have previously worried that they may bring false hope to Ukraine candidate members.

French President Macron congratulations to Ukrainian President Zelei (Picture Source: BBC)

Belgian Prime Minister Decro said that it still takes many years to truly become a member of the EU. "This does not mean that Ukraine will soon become part of the EU. This is a process of many years and a lot of reforms need to be carried out. This will be very difficult."

According to the BBC report, joining the EU usually takes a long time, and many countries spend more than 10 years. Even if it becomes a candidate, it does not mean that they can enter the league immediately.

It is understood that the EU candidates also include the five countries of Albania, North Malaysia, Heishan, Serbia and Turkey. They have become EU candidates for many years, but the process has stagnated.

On the 23rd, the Albanian Prime Minister Rama was also joking, so that Ukraine did not have any fantasies: "If I have nothing to remember, North Maleon has been a 17 -year -old member country, and Albania has been for 8 years."

The application for the enrollment of Albania and Northern Malaysia was reportedly prevented by EU member states Bulgaria. Turkey became a candidate for the European Union in 1999, but stuck on the issue of human rights records when joining the Alliance.

Ukraine's special envoy in the European Union: not accepting queuing

The EU is the abbreviation of the "European Union". After the Second World War, it is currently an economic and political alliance composed of 27 European countries. Between EU member states, goods, services and finance can be freely circulated, and EU citizens can live and work in any member country.

Georgia parade to join the EU (Picture Source: BBC)

If you want to join EU member states, you must first be evaluated by the EU Commission, and all current EU member states must agree to accept the country as a candidate. After becoming a candidate country, this country must accept and implement all EU regulations, which usually takes several years to complete. Finally, the candidate country needs to sign the Treaty of the Alliance. After approval by all EU member states, it will take effect in order to formally become an EU country.

Taking the latest countries joining the European Union as an example, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia spent 10 to 12 years.

According to the French Broadcasting Corporation, it may be because of the long -awaited waiting. Earlier, when Romanian President Johnisis visited Kyiv, he also encouraged Ukraine President Zelezki to "do not be discouraged."

"We do not accept the idea of ​​queuing," said Ukraine's special envoy in the European Union. According to reports, Ukraine joined the EU "deeply wide free trade zone" in 2016, and began to conduct tariff -free trade with EU countries in 2017 in accordance with the joint agreement signed with the EU. As a job to apply to join the EU, Ukraine has also revised many regulations to meet the EU standards.

According to reports, Georgia also submitted an application to the European Union on March 3. However, EU members did not approve the application of Georgian EU candidates.

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