НАРОДНИЙ ДЕПУТАТ УКРАЇНИ
01008, м. Київ-8, вул. М.Грушевського, 5
Dear Chairs of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, National Security and Defense
Committees of the EU member-states Parliaments!
Dear distinguished colleagues,
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a war against Ukraine using ground
forces, aircraft, missile systems, shelling Ukrainian cities, and killing civilians,
including children. We could not even imagine that the price of our aspirations
would be so high when the inevitability of the course towards joining the EU and
NATO was declared in our Constitution.
We are grateful for the support of Ukraine's application for membership in
the European Parliament, but the current situation requires immediate and
effective further actions.
In this regard, we call for the following:
- Ukraine's membership bid should be addressed in accordance with a
special fast-track procedure. Historic challenges require historic decisions.
- Ukraine should be granted a candidate status already on the 11th March
of 2022 at the EU informal summit in Paris.
- The EU Commission is currently assessing Ukraine's application to join
the EU. This assessment should be prepared shortly and take into account the
work already done by the EU and Ukraine. Last year, Ukraine presented the
evaluation of the achievements of the Association Agreement based on
Copenhagen criteria.