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EU’s von der Leyen issues reality check on Ukrainian membership

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December 11, 2023
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EU’s von der Leyen issues reality check on Ukrainian membership
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Published: December 11, 2023 1:22 pm
Author: RT

The European Commission chief said the bloc’s upcoming summit will merely consider starting accession talks, not Kiev’s admission

Ukraine’s possible accession to the EU will not be on the agenda at the bloc’s summit this week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. She noted that the 27 leaders would merely discuss whether to launch membership talks with Kiev, with the road to actual accession likely to be lengthy.

Last month, the Commission recommended starting negotiations with Ukraine, as well as Moldova. However, several member states have since reiterated their opposition to fast-tracking Ukraine’s candidacy at the expense of other hopefuls that have been in the EU waiting room for years.

In an interview to France’s Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday, von der Leyen said her own “firm conviction and that of many European leaders is that Ukraine’s accession goes in the direction of history.”

However, she added that the “European Council will discuss [on Thursday and Friday] the opening of accession negotiations, not accession itself.” The latter, if it does come to pass, is likely to “take time no matter what.”

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The Commission president hailed Kiev for having “undertaken profound reforms” in recent months, adding that the EU had “everything to gain from” Ukraine’s possible accession.

She also dismissed recent reports in the Western media, according to which the mood among officials in Kiev has been increasingly gloomy of late. She went on to claim that the majority of Europeans back the continuation of the bloc’s support for Ukraine.

Back in November, von der Leyen said Kiev had carried out “well over 90% of the necessary steps” for membership set out by the bloc last year. However, she stopped short of offering a concrete timeline for the bloc’s potential enlargement.
Earlier this year, European Council President Charles Michel argued that the EU should prepare to expand by 2030 – a suggestion that von der Leyen and several leaders of member states have spoken against.

Following von der Leyen’s recommendation to launch accession talks with Ukraine, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg warned that Brussels would be in for a “geostrategic disaster” if it put Ukraine “on the fast lane,” while keeping hopefuls from the Western Balkans “on the service lane.”

Also last month, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban insisted that Ukraine was “in no way ready” to join the EU, with media outlet EUObserver claiming that Vienna and Budapest were not the only ones likely to oppose Kiev’s membership bid, but also France.

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