Progression towards accession depends on each applicant's respect for the Union's values and its capacity to undertake the necessary reforms to align its political, institutional, legal, administrative and economic systems with the rules, standards, policies and practices in the Union.
Tá an ghluaiseacht i dtreo an aontachais ag brath ar a mhéid a urramaíonn gach iarrthóir luachanna an Aontais agus a mhéid is féidir leo na hathchóirithe riachtanacha a ghabháil ar láimh d'fhonn a chórais pholaitiúla, institiúideacha, dlí, riaracháin agus eacnamaíocha a chur ar chomhréim le rialacha, caighdeáin, beartais agus cleachtais an Aontais.