Ukraine's application to join the European Union and Macron's proposal for a separate complementary structure for the participation of non-EU countries will be discussed at the Brussels summit, according to a statement by government spokesman Marios Pelekanos ahead of the President's participation in the meeting of heads of state of the European Council, as well as in the EU Western Balkans and Eurozone summits on Thursday and Friday. President Anastasiades arrived in Brussels on Wednesday.
According to the Cyprus News Agency, Cyprus takes a positive approach to the proposal for granting candidate status to Ukraine and awaits the positions of the other member states to see if there will be unanimity.
It is recalled that, as the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday, references to Turkey's behaviour towards Greece and Cyprus are expected in the text of the conclusions.
As Pelecanos explained in his statement on Wednesday afternoon, during the EU Western Balkans morning summit on Thursday, EU leaders together with the leaders of the Western Balkans will discuss ways to reinvigorate the accession path of these countries and strengthen EU cooperation with the region, giving the leaders of these states the opportunity to position themselves and express their own expectations.
On Thursday afternoon, the European Council will hold a meeting to discuss the European perspective of Ukraine, Moldova (which the Commission has recommended to be granted candidate country status) and Georgia (which the Commission has recommended to be granted an initial European perspective), and the situation on the ground in relation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting will also discuss French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to create a "European political community", "complementary to existing structures with the participation of European countries beyond the EU", Pelecanos said.
On Friday, the European Council will discuss the next steps regarding the Conference on the Future of Europe and the ratification of the Commission's country-specific recommendations in the context of the European Semester. The expected accession of Croatia to the euro area will also be discussed.
Finally, later on Friday, an enlarged euro area summit of all 27 EU Member States will take place, with the Presidents of the European Central Bank and the Eurogroup in attendance.
The leaders, the spokesman said, will discuss the continuing rise in inflation and its impact across the EU, as well as the next steps for the Banking Union and the Capital Markets Union.
Source: CNA
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