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European Council President Charles Michel on Wednesday said he would invite the EU to give Ukraine and Moldova candidate status to join the bloc at the summit.
European Union leaders on Thursday are set to make Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to navigate. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
The two-day summit, which begins on Thursday, will also touch upon Moldova's EU application, food insecurity, inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.
The Belarusian opposition leader told Euronews that no one deserves EU candidacy status more than Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky hails the news of the European Union granting Ukraine candidate status for accession to the bloc, saying it shows his country is "not a bridge" between the West and Russia.
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