The EU officially launches procedure to consider Ukraine’s application for membership

The European Union has officially launched the procedure for considering Ukraine's application for membership.

This was announced by the representative of Ukraine to the European Union Vsevolod Chentsov on Twitter.

Chentsov presented Ukraine's application for accession to the European Union, signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the Permanent Representative of France, who chairs the EU Council, Philippe Léglise-Costa.

"The application has been registered. The review procedure has begun," he wrote.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó spoke in favor of Ukraine's accelerated accession to the European Union.

Yesterday, the presidents of eight EU member states, the Baltic states, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Slovenia, launched a joint initiative to promote Ukraine's European integration, with the aim of granting Ukraine candidate status and starting accession talks as soon as possible. I'd like to announce that Hungary supports this initiative and we call on Brussels to put the issue on the agenda," he said.

The Minister added that Hungary supported any initiatives aimed at ending the war.

"The sooner there is peace, the fewer people will die and the less they will be forced to flee their homes," said the Hungarian Foreign Minister.