{"id":1389607,"date":"2026-06-17T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1389607"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:13:33","slug":"ukraine-s-eu-membership-is-central-to-europe-s-future-kos-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-s-eu-membership-is-central-to-europe-s-future-kos-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s EU Membership Is Central to Europe\u2019s Future, Kos Says"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Not only the government but Ukrainian society as a whole must unite to seize the momentum Ukraine is building on its path toward membership in the European Union.<\/p>\n   <p>This was stated by European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos following the second EU\u2013Ukraine Accession Conference held in Luxembourg, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Kos noted that while Ukraine is gaining momentum on the battlefield, it is also building its path toward becoming a prosperous and secure state within the European Union.<\/p>\n   <p>She stressed that Ukraine\u2019s membership is \u201ca central issue for Europe\u2019s future because building a Europe that is truly responsible for its own security can only succeed with a strong, prosperous, and stable Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n   <p>Kos recalled that during her most recent visit to Kyiv, she urged all political parties to unite around the common goal of European integration.<\/p>\n   <p>At the same time, she explained that reforms under the first negotiation cluster are also the gateway to much deeper integration into EU structures.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/marta-kos-after-the-opening-of-ukraine-s-eu-accession-negotiations-it-was-a-mega-monday\/\">Marta Kos after the opening of Ukraine\u2019s EU accession negotiations: \u201cIt was a mega Monday\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only the government but Ukrainian society as a whole must unite &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1389608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,49,51,13,36415,36422,55,50,36572],"tags":[78,76],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1389607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-news","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-homepage-en","tag-glavnoe-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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