President Volodymyr Zelensky wants Ukraine to be fast-tracked into the Union, but member states are likely to be more cautious.
's emotional appeal to the European Parliament and the supportive comments of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said:"Accession is not something that can be completed in a few months, but involves an intensive and far-reaching process of transformation," as reported bySpanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno was similarly reluctant to throw Madrid's weight behind the fast-tracked membership proposal being championed by several states in the Baltics and eastern Europe.
"Like the rest of the countries in Europe, it will develop gradually, but of course there is space for a relationship." Existing candidates have worked through years of difficult negotiations and reforms to stay on the EU path. Member states have been hesitant to admit new members over concerns about migration, the economic viability of new joiners, and the cultural differences with newer members like Hungary and Poland which have caused so much conflict within the union.
The barriers preventing their accession are also present in Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia to varying degrees."All of these new countries, new applicants, are facing similar challenges with respect to democracy, with respect to the rule of law, with respect to administration capacity, with respect to the economy, and so on," Stratulat said.
Admitting Ukraine would also open the EU up to direct conflict with Russia. Article 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty obliges member states to help any other member that becomes"the victim of armed aggression on its territory" by"all the means in their power."The EU's membership process is a living thing and has been changed before. After the"Big Bang" expansion—when 10 nations joined the union at the same time in 2004—the rules for new applicants have been tightened.
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