BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday cast doubt on the possibility of Ukraine joining the European Union by 2034, saying accession was unlikely to come at a point affecting the bloc's medium-term finance plans, which run to 2034. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
    • fushuan [he/him]@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      4 days ago

      If Ukraine gets in before other candidates it would be a huge slap on their face. They still need to accomplish a lot of requirements and war isn’t helping.

    • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, seems really so.

      European.Commissioner Marta Kos:

      We are ready to open Cluster One on fundamentals [EU membership negotiations are structured around 33 chapters grouped into six clusters]. And by the end of the year, we will be ready to open all clusters, which means that then, the real work of the negotiations will be possible.

      Actually, the conflict with Russia didn’t start in 2022 when the war started. It started in 2014 when Ukraine wanted to sign a free trade agreement with the EU and somebody — Putin’s regime — opposed it.

      I will do everything I can that Ukraine will become a member of the EU — as our president Ursula von der Leyen says, perhaps even before 2030.

      [Edit typo.]