Juncker: the Question of Ukraine's accession to the EU is not on the agenda
The head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said that the Issue of Ukraine's accession to the European Union is not on the immediate agenda. "The question of Ukraine's accession to the EU is not on the immediate agenda," said Juncker, reports RIA " Novosti ". along with this, he said that the free trade agreement EU-Ukraine shall be obliged to enter into force on 1 January 2016. Juncker said that he sees no reason to postpone the entry into force of the trade section of the Treaty of Union and the free trade area, not fully entered into force in the past year." I insist on the urgency of the entry into force of the free trade agreement January 1, 2016, " - said Juncker. Before the first day of the week the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Kiev wants for 5 years to provide the implementation of the agreement with the European Union about the unity and achieve the conditions for applying for EU membership. Poroshenko tried to convince the EU to recognize the right of Ukraine "as any European country" for membership in the European Union subject to the compliance criteria. Recall, the Ukrainian government and the EU leadership on the first day of the week gathered in Kiev on the 17th summit Ukraine - EU. This is the 1st summit high level after the signing of Kiev and the EU to the Treaty on the unity. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament on 16 September 2014 ratified the Association agreement between Kyiv and Brussels, however, the use of a free trade agreement has been postponed until 1 January 2016. Fifteen April, the European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn said that the EU is unwilling to reconsider the already ratified the agreement with Ukraine on free trade.