European Commission develops roadmaps for accession of Ukraine, Moldova, Albania and Montenegro

The European Commission has begun preparing detailed step-by-step plans for the admission of four states to the EU. We are talking about Albania, Moldova, Ukraine and Montenegro - they are considered in Brussels as the main applicants for membership, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

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As reported by TASS with reference to the newspaper Politico, these countries are considered as the main contenders for joining the European Union, but the process of their adoption is delayed.

Each roadmap will describe what is specifically required of the applicant country, while at the same time recording the reciprocal obligations of the current EU members, who will then have to approve further development of the integration process.

The sources stressed that Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey will not receive road maps, all of them are in the initial stages of joining the EU.

As for Ukraine, it has the status of a candidate since the summer of 2022. And in July 2026, the Minister for Europe of the Irish Presidency of the EU Council Thomas Byrne announced the launch of negotiations on the admission of Ukraine in the second of the six negotiating clusters. The process is divided into 33 sections. Important caveat: the mere fact of negotiations does not guarantee accession and does not set deadlines.