Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal?
This article explores the nature of the notion “candidate country status” in the context of EU accession. In particular it enquires whether the candidate status, which was granted to Ukraine by the European Council on 23 June 2022, has any actual legal implications or is the whole accession process...
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This article explores the nature of the notion “candidate country status” in the context of EU accession. In particular it enquires whether the candidate status, which was granted to Ukraine by the European Council on 23 June 2022, has any actual legal implications or is the whole accession process up to the point where accession agreement is signed entirely devoid of legal consequences. Legal doctrine seems to generally answer this question in the affirmative, explaining that the candidate status was a rather political concept bearing primarily symbolic relevance. However, the example of Ukraine, which was granted candidate status much more rapidly than a number of other countries before it, challenges to explore the topic in more depth, in particular by delving into the CJEU’s existing case law on candidate status and the possibility of challenging the granting of candidate status through litigation in the CJEU.
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| spelling | doaj-art-35094279939f48cba4e6b372f1c19b192025-08-20T02:55:52ZengUniversity of Latvia PressLaw: Journal of the University of Latvia1691-76772592-93642024-10-011710.22364/jull.17.06Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal?Christoph Schewe0Arnis Buka1Edmunds Broks2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-745XUniversity of Applied Sciences Kiel-Altenholz/ReinfeldFaculty of Law, University of LatviaFaculty of Law, University of Latvia This article explores the nature of the notion “candidate country status” in the context of EU accession. In particular it enquires whether the candidate status, which was granted to Ukraine by the European Council on 23 June 2022, has any actual legal implications or is the whole accession process up to the point where accession agreement is signed entirely devoid of legal consequences. Legal doctrine seems to generally answer this question in the affirmative, explaining that the candidate status was a rather political concept bearing primarily symbolic relevance. However, the example of Ukraine, which was granted candidate status much more rapidly than a number of other countries before it, challenges to explore the topic in more depth, in particular by delving into the CJEU’s existing case law on candidate status and the possibility of challenging the granting of candidate status through litigation in the CJEU. https://journal.lu.lv/jull/article/view/2067EU candidate countryEuropean Councilaccession to the EUenlargement of the EUUkraineCourt of Justice of the European Union |
| spellingShingle | Christoph Schewe Arnis Buka Edmunds Broks Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal? Law: Journal of the University of Latvia EU candidate country European Council accession to the EU enlargement of the EU Ukraine Court of Justice of the European Union |
| title | Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal? |
| title_full | Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal? |
| title_fullStr | Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal? |
| title_short | Examining Ukraine’s EU Candidate Status: (When) Does the Accession Process Turn from Political to Legal? |
| title_sort | examining ukraine s eu candidate status when does the accession process turn from political to legal |
| topic | EU candidate country European Council accession to the EU enlargement of the EU Ukraine Court of Justice of the European Union |
| url | https://journal.lu.lv/jull/article/view/2067 |
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