On Wednesday 12 April, at the first meeting between the parliamentary committees of the European Parliament and the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, reaffirmed that Ukraine’s future is in the European Union and expressed her hope that accession negotiations could start “already this year”.
The European Commission is invited to present an oral report in April on Ukraine’s progress towards EU membership, followed by a written report...