European Council President Charles Michel said he is confident EU leaders will vote Thursday in favor of granting candidate status to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, IPN reports.

“This is a decisive moment for the European Union. This is a geopolitical choice that we will make today. I am confident that today we will grant the candidate status to Ukraine and to Moldova and express a clear and strong European perspective for Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova,” Michel stated in Brussels on Thursday before the meeting of EU heads of state and government with Western Balkan leaders, which is being held before the EU summit.

He also noted that the meeting with the leaders of the Western Balkans is aimed at reenergizing the process of European integration of the region.