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KYIV: Ukraine and the European Fee will quickly assess Kyiv’s progress on aligning its laws with that of the European Union and a framework for EU accession talks<\/a> is anticipated within the spring, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Sunday (Dec 17).<\/p>\n In his nightly video handle, he reminded the nation that EU leaders determined at a summit on Thursday to launch formal membership talks with Ukraine. The nation faces uncertainty over the future of vital wartime foreign assistance<\/a>, notably from the US.<\/p>\n “Within the coming days, with the European Fee, we are going to formally launch the method of assessing Ukrainian laws for compliance with EU laws – the screening course of,” Zelenskiy stated.<\/p>\n “We’re additionally getting ready for the work on the negotiating framework for Ukraine,” he stated, including, “We count on it within the spring.”<\/p>\n Brussels supplied Kyiv candidate standing 4 months after Moscow’s February 2022 invasion, prompting a rush by Ukrainian authorities to reform precedence areas recognized by the European Fee.<\/p>\n The fee reported final month that Ukraine had fulfilled 4 of its seven suggestions, together with hiring anti-corruption officers, getting ready the judiciary for a serious overhaul and aligning media laws with EU requirements.<\/p>\n The fee stated it could assess Ukraine’s progress once more in March, a part of a protracted and sophisticated pathway to membership that the EU’s ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, has described as gruelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n