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The accession process to the EU, aside from the normative and reform side, appears to be a unique blend of creative mechanisms to slow down the process but also speed it up. Making Ukraine and Moldova candidate states is by far the biggest positive process that has been taking place in the region for the last years.
At this stage, widely speaking, there is a lack of awareness of what the candidate status entails, both from a whole of society perspective and also widely in the government. Despite demanding membership in the EU for a long time, offering the candidate status found the governments largely unprepared to "eat the main course in the EU menu".
That is why both governments, in Ukraine and Moldova, are looking for a holistic approach to their accession strategy. However, no matter how professional will Kyiv and Chisinau be able to line up their accession policy, they need to consider the experience of the recent accession process and the tricks that could arise.
