There is no consensus in the European Union regarding the issue of securing Ukraine's prospects of EU membership in the Association Agreement, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine in Brussels on Thursday.
At the same time, he stressed that Article 49 of the Maastricht Treaty states that any European country that respects the principles of the EU may apply to become a member of the Union.
As reported, Kyiv insists that the political part of the Association Agreement, which is being currently negotiated in Brussels, should set out in some form Ukraine's prospects for obtaining EU membership.
The European Commissioner said that Article 49 applies to all European countries. However, to obtain the EU membership a country needs consensus among all the member states. According to the commissioner, this is the most important point Ukraine needs to understand.
In this regard, Fule suggested that Kyiv should work very hard so that EU member states could achieve such a consensus.
"Through the commitment to [EU] values, the reform of society and the economy, you can create such conditions that the EU member states will be able to achieve consensus on this issue," the European Commission's representative said.
