An EU candidate country is a country applying to become a member state of the European Union.
Candidate country status is conferred by the European Council on the basis of an opinion from the European Commission, drawn up following an application for membership of the European Union (EU) by the country concerned. However, special procedures might be used.

This market will resolve to "Yes" if, by the resolution time of July 31, 2022 (11:59:59 PM ET), Ukraine is recognized as an EU candidate country. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".

This market will be resolved based on official information from the European Council and the European Parliament, primarily their press releases (https://europa.eu/newsroom/ & https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/) and the list of candidate countries (https://ec.europa.eu/environment/enlarg/candidates.htm).

Note: this market resolves to “Yes” exclusively if Ukraine becomes an EU candidate country (not the potential candidate country, nor any other status), and is not affected by any other stage of the accession process into the EU.

In case another new country becomes an EU candidate country under any name containing the word “Ukraine”, it must cover at least 40% of Ukraine's territory as currently recognized by the United Nations (including Crimea, Donetsk Oblast and Lugansk Oblast) for this market to resolve to “Yes”.