{"id":1520600,"date":"2022-06-17T12:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520600"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:06:16","slug":"eu-president-backs-ukraines-bid-to-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-president-backs-ukraines-bid-to-join\/","title":{"rendered":"EU President Backs Ukraine&#039;s Bid to Join"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The president of the European Union announced the body\u2019s decision Friday to accept Ukraine as a candidate in its bid to join the 27-member bloc, paving the way for the multi-year process to begin in earnest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainians are ready to die for the European perspective,\u201d EU President Ursula von der Leyen said at a Brussels press conference. \u201cWe want them to live with us the European dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She made the announcement clad in the Ukrainian colors \u2014 a yellow blazer over a blue blouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first step on the EU membership path that\u2019ll certainly bring our victory closer,\u201d Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1537744991057072128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in response to the news Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The formal endorsement from the EU head comes <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/16\/european-leaders-promise-ukraine-weapons-eu-path\/\">a day after leaders of the bloc\u2019s three most powerful economies \u2014 France, Italy and Germany \u2014 made a visit to war-torn Kyiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-64.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>EU President Ursula von der Leyren made the announcement while wearing the Ukrainian colors.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy colleagues and I have come here to Kyiv today with a clear message: Ukraine belongs to the European family,\u201d\u00a0German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday following a meeting between the EU leaders and Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Premier Mario Draghi promised Thursday to back Kyiv\u2019s bid for EU membership.<\/p>\n<p>Partnership with the bloc has long been an elusive goal for Ukraine. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-67-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-67-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective \/><\/a><figcaption>\u201cUkrainians are ready to die for the European perspective,\u201d von der Leyen said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A decision by then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2013\/12\/08\/protesters-topple-decapitate-lenin-statue-in-kiev\/\">back out of an expected economic deal with the European Union<\/a> in 2013 and instead partner with Moscow sparked months of protests that led to his ouster, and eventually to Russian military intervention in 2014. <\/p>\n<p>In another blow to Russia\u2019s efforts to keep its former satellites from relationships with Western Europe, the EU also endorsed the candidacy of Moldova \u2014 Ukraine\u2019s southwestern neighbor, home to a pro-Russian breakaway state known as Transnistria. <\/p>\n<p>The path to EU member status is long, and typically requires years of economic and governmental reform to meet the bloc\u2019s requirements on topics as wide-ranging as judicial policy and food safety protocols. <\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the European Union announced the body\u2019s decision Friday to accept Ukraine as a candidate in its bid to join the 27-member bloc, paving the 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