The European Commission considers four of the seven criteria that accompanied the granting of Ukraine's EU candidate status to be fully met. This was reported by Radio Liberty, citing an internal document of the European Commission.

In particular, according to media reports, the EC considers the following criteria to be completed:

• introduction of legislation on the procedure for selecting judges of the Constitutional Court, in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission;
• completion of the integrity check of candidates to the High Council of Justice, as well as the establishment of the High Qualification Commission of Judges;
• compliance of anti-money laundering legislation with FATF standards, as well as approval of the strategic plan for law enforcement sector reforms;
• media reform, which concerns the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive.

The remaining three criteria are accompanied by recommendations for further implementation from the EC.

Further strengthening of the fight against corruption is considered to be incomplete. In particular, as part of this recommendation, the EC expected the appointment of a new head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and a director of the NABU.

"Ukraine should still adopt a law to increase the NABU staffing and remove from the law on corruption prevention the provisions that limit the NACP's powers to continue verification of assets that have already been verified and limit the NACP's powers to verify property acquired by declarants before entering public service," the document says.

Regarding limiting the influence of oligarchs, the document notes that Kyiv should still approve a law on lobbying in line with the bloc's standards.

As for the reform of legislation on national minorities, the EC believes that not all of the recommendations of the Venice Commission have been implemented.

It also points out the importance of implementing the remaining comments mentioned in the EC's June and October 2023 opinions, in particular by amending the laws on the state language, mass media, and education.