SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Commission chief and the prime ministers of the Netherlands and Croatia told Bosnia on Tuesday to press on with reforms and seize a chance to begin accession negotiations with the European Union before the 27-nation block holds a parliamentary vote in June. The three officials said at a news conference in Sarajevo that while Bosnia has made progress in achieving the criteria to formally start the talks, the troubled Balkan nation must do more to win a positive recommendation in March from the European Commission. “We have seen some progress, we have seen a real commitment to the accession goal with important laws adopted,” said Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president.
The European Commission has begun work on a draft negotiating framework for Ukraine - a document that outlines the principles and procedures for conducting negotiations on EU accession. Source: European Pravda, citing European Commission spokeswoman Ana Pisonero at a briefing in Brussels Details: "We have already started working on the draft negotiating framework also to be submitted to the Council in the coming weeks," said Pisonero.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Source: European Pravda, citing the Office of the President of Ukraine The parties discussed key priorities on the agenda of relations between Ukraine and the EU in the near future, especially in the context of Ukraine approaching the start of negotiations on EU accession.
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Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, believes that the process of Ukraine's accession to the EU will not last for decades, although it will take some time.