Moldova completed the questionnaire/Newsmaker

Moldova also intends to become a member of the EU in the future. The country has already completed filling in the questionnaire, which is part of the procedure for obtaining the status of a candidate country for membership.

At about 11:00, the ceremony of presenting the completed questionnaire to the EU Ambassador to Moldova Janis Mazeiks began at the administration of President Mai Sandu.

Note that the country received the questionnaire on April 11 at the same time as Georgia. Moldova and Georgia decided to apply for EU membership following Ukraine, which took this step after the start of the Russian invasion. Moldova signed an application for EU membership on March 3.

Ukraine's path to the EU: latest news

• On February 28, 4 days after Russia's attack on our country, Ukraine officially applied to Brussels to join the EU.
• In early April, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv. During her visit, she handed over to President Volodymyr Zelensky a questionnaire, the completion of which is a necessary step to grant Ukraine the status of an EU candidate.
• Already a week later, Ukraine handed over to the European Commission the first part of the completed questionnaire to assess our ability to obtain the status of a candidate member The EU is still working on the second part.