Will Ukraine get EU membership? On what conditions can the European Union be ready?

The EU’s executive branch will meet later on Tuesday to finalize a decision on whether to recommend formally opening Ukraine’s membership negotiations, with the hope of a positive outcome for Kyiv but with some conditions attached . The European Commission will likely recommend that member states begin formal talks on reform and legislation on minorities, anti-corruption as well as de-oligarchization and lobbying, according to people familiar with the matter and documents seen by Bloomberg.

The move comes as the EU seeks to accelerate its enlargement policy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Moscow’s efforts to destabilize Europe. The final words of the opinion have not yet been finalized, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is private. When Ukraine was granted candidate status last June, the EU set out seven steps that Kiev needed to implement in order to move forward with the accession process. Ukraine has met four of those milestones, the people said.

The Commission’s opinion, which will be released on November 8, will need to be approved by member states when EU leaders meet for a summit in December. The fulfillment of the four conditions was first reported by Ukraine’s Radio Svoboda. Should EU leaders decide to formally launch negotiations, the bloc’s executive branch will hold technical talks on preparing the accession process by road-mapping and screening the level of alignment between European law and Ukraine in parallel with Kyiv, the people said. Will start work.