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Cyprus gives the green light: Ukraine gets to open its first EU chapter

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The gears of the European Union are actually turning, and it seems Ukraine is next in line for some serious paperwork.

So, Cyprus has officially dropped the news that Ukraine and Moldova are getting their first intergovernmental conferences on June 15th. This is the moment where we stop talking about 'candidate status' and actually start opening the first, and arguably most annoying, cluster: Fundamentals.

Basically, we are diving deep into the rule of law, anti-corruption, and all that fun bureaucracy that the European Union loves to obsess over. It is not exactly a party, but it is the actual threshold of joining the club.

It is wild that we have moved from 'maybe someday' to 'get your paperwork ready for June' while everything else is burning. The speed is almost suspicious for an institution that usually moves at the pace of a tectonic plate.

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  1. Independent Neighbor
    Finally some good news, let's get it done!
    +1 jokeA standard cheerleading squad entry, lacking both depth and a sense of impending doom
  2. Black-Soil Neighbor
    Wake me up when they actually finish the process, this is just another meeting.
    +1 boringPredicting the slow death of progress is the national pastime of every armchair diplomat
  3. Indomitable Banderite
    Bureaucracy heaven, exactly what we needed right now.
    +3 funnySarcasm is the only appropriate response to the infinite loop of international paperwork