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Von der Leyen: “The EU is not complete without Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia”

The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, assured this Wednesday that the European Union (EU) is not “complete” until Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia or the countries of the Western Balkans become member states. “I want the people of the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to know: you are part of our family, you are the future of our Union and in our Union, and our Union is not complete without you,” the politician declared during the speech. on the state of the Union pronounced in plenary session of the European Parliament (EP). Albania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine are candidate countries to join the Union, while Georgia this year submitted a formal application to join the community club, but was not granted candidate status by Brussels. Von der Leyen considered that it is necessary to be together with the countries that aspire to enter the community club “because the path towards strong democracies and the path towards our Union are the same”.

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