EU Commission announces new working group on Ukraine's accession, to be led by Koretsky
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos announced ahead of the 15 October EU summit in Brussels that the European Commission plans to create a new working group within her services to support Ukraine on its path to EU membership. The working group is to be headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky. Kos identified financing, military assistance, and sustaining Ukraine's resilience against Russian aggression as three priority areas, and did not specify the group's powers or start date.
Key points
- European Commission plans to create a new working group to support Ukraine on its EU accession path.
- Announcement made by Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos before the EU summit in Brussels on 15 October.
- Working group to be headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky.
- Kos named three support priorities: financing, military assistance, and sustaining Ukraine's resilience against Russian aggression.
- EU opened negotiations on 17 chapters across two negotiating clusters during the week of the announcement.
- Kos did not specify the group's powers or when it would begin work.
Why it matters
The announcement signals continued EU institutional engagement with Ukraine's accession process despite the ongoing war. A dedicated working group led by a named Ukrainian prime minister suggests closer coordination on reform-related support. It comes in the same period as the opening of negotiations on additional EU accession chapters, reinforcing the sense of a sustained, structured push on Ukraine's membership track.
What happened
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos announced, ahead of the EU summit in Brussels on 15 October, that the European Commission plans to create a new working group within her services to support Ukraine on its path to EU membership. The working group is to be headed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky. Kos highlighted three priority areas for support: financing, military assistance, and sustaining Ukraine's resilience against Russian aggression. She framed Ukraine as distinct among candidate countries for continuing to meet accession requirements during the full-scale war. She did not specify the group's powers or when it would begin its work. During the same week, the EU opened negotiations on 17 chapters of legislation across two negotiating clusters.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Both Ukrainian-language sources lead with the planned creation of the new working group and name Koretsky as its head, presenting the development primarily as a concrete EU institutional step tied to a named Ukrainian official.
Where reporting differs
Sources differ on the spelling of the working group's designated head's name: one renders it as "Koretskyi" while another uses "Serhiy Koretsky".
Background
Kos framed Ukraine's situation as distinctive among candidate countries because of its ongoing fulfillment of requirements during the full-scale war. She outlined three priority areas for support: financing, military assistance, and sustaining Ukraine's resilience against Russian aggression.