"We are making excellent progress in the process of screening" the reforms to be made in view of membership, "and this is very good but I don't think we will be ready before the elections. The work on the different positions in the negotiations takes time. I believe we will be ready at the beginning of the summer".
Thus the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at a press conference in Brussels, responding to a question on the timing of Ukraine's accession negotiations with the EU.
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