It is the first step in what is set to be a long and difficult road for Ukraine.
Even with the commission's backing, it will likely be years before member states are given the opportunity to approve Kyiv's accession.albeit on the understanding that the war-ravaged country carries out a number of important reforms.
The opinion from the commission, the executive arm of the EU, comes ahead of high-level discussions in Brussels, Belgium about Ukraine's potential membership. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine should be welcome as a candidate country — referring to a legal term that means that a nation has officially started an accession path to full membership of the EUDownload NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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