OREANDA-NEWS. If Ukraine does not receive the status of a candidate member of the European Union, then this will mean that Europe is trying to "deceive Kyiv," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, Ukraine "is not going to tolerate this."

If we do not get candidate status, it means only one thing, that Europe is trying to deceive us. And we are not going to tolerate it,” he said.

Earlier, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that a decision on obtaining candidate status by Kyiv would be made in June.

In mid-April, EC representative Anna Pisonero announced that the EC had begun evaluating Ukraine's responses to the first part of the questionnaire on accession to the European Union. The questionnaire was handed over to President Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to Kyiv in April of this year by the head of the EC. According to her, this document is "the basis for discussions in the coming months."

French President Emmanuel Macron believes that the official entry of Ukraine into the European Union may take many years. According to him, Ukraine is already a member of the "European family".