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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in Kyiv (archive)
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It is a step of great symbolism - but with few immediate practical consequences: Ukraine is given the status of an EU candidate country.
In addition, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his colleagues decided at an EU summit on Thursday to also grant Moldova the status of a candidate country, as Council President Charles Michel announced.
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