EU ambassadors to call for 'initial assessment' of membership for Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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In a "mostly symbolic" decision, European Union ambassadors on Tuesday agreed to "call for an initial assessment of Ukraine's chances of joining the 27-nation bloc," Bloomberg reports.

The ambassadors will now report back to the European Commission to further identify the possibility of Ukrainian membership. According to officials with knowlege of the matter, "EU leaders are expected to discuss Ukraine's prospects at a summit in Paris on March 10-11," Bloomberg writes.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.