50 years of EU expansion: Who's in and who wants to join?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the decision to open talks was a "victory for Ukraine", which has intensified its pleas for membership since Russia invaded in February 2022 launching an all-out war.
PREMIUM Politics
European Council Belgian President Charles Michel arrives to deliver remarks to journalists at the end of the first day of a European Union summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on December 15.
By NewVision Reporter
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The European Union, which agreed on Thursday to open formal membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past