4 minutes agoFrance: Ukraine's EU Membership Could Last 15-20 Years
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)French Minister for Europe Clement Beaune has said any European Union bid for Ukraine's membership in the bloc would take 15-20 years to finalise the process. We should be honest. If you say Ukraine will join the EU in six months, within a year or two, you are lying to”, there is [...]
We should be honest. If you say Ukraine will join the EU in six months, within a year or two, you are lying to”, Beaune told a French radio on May 22nd.
“can last 15-20 years, this process gets times”.
He said he didn't want to create illusions of Ukrainians or lie to them.
These comments have come as French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that Ukraine be invited to join a political community “linked to the EU.
We don't need such compromises”, Zelensky said in Kiev at a joint media conference with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa on 21 May.
Because, believe me, there will be no compromise with Ukraine in Europe. It will be a compromise between Europe and Russia”, Zelensky has said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered on February 24th what he calls a special military operation “” to demilitarise Ukraine.
The West has responded with severe sanctions on Russia, targeting the state economy and Russian oligarchs.
