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16 June 2026

Homework for Cluster 1: what the EU Common Position on the Fundamentals requires

The opening of Cluster 1, "Fundamentals", came with the EU Common Position, which sets the main requirements and benchmarks for Ukraine in the most important cluster of the accession negotiations. I go through the essentials: democratic institutions, public administration, Chapters 23 and 24, economic criteria, procurement, statistics and financial control. The main test is no longer whether Ukraine can pass laws, but whether its institutions can deliver results.

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