The 2-day EU summit has began in Brussels – Muricas News

The 2-day EU summit has began in Brussels. It's anticipated that the EU leaders will decide on granting Ukraine the standing of a candidate nation of the Moldovan bloc. Earlier, the chief physique of the European Union had offered such a proposal.

“Historic occasions are happening,” European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen stated earlier than the beginning of the summit.

Within the lengthy and troublesome path of membership, candidates should carry their nations into line with the so-called “Copenhagen standards” ․ This means large-scale reforms geared toward eliminating corruption, establishing full democracy, making certain freedom of the press and human rights. One of many obligatory necessities is an open market aggressive economic system.

The European Fee has offered an inventory of reforms to all three post-Soviet nations wishing to hitch the European Union: Ukraine with seven factors and Moldova with 9.