“ The rapporteur of the European Parliament on Ukraine, Michael Haler, believes that if part of the territory remains occupied, Ukraine could become a member of the European Union, following the example of West Germany or Cyprus. Source: Galer in an interview with “European Pravda” Details: According to the MEP, it is necessary to remain realistic: Ukraine’s entry into the EU during the war would mean the EU’s entry into the war – and since this decision requires unanimity, he sees no chance of its adoption. Galer believes that a different situation is possible with the beginning of the truce, but not the entire territory of Ukraine will be liberated. “Then we will get a situation similar to the one in which West Germany was. It was a member of the EU, although it did not control East Germany. And after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the effect of the German constitution extended to East Germany – and it automatically became part of the EU. After all, for the European Union, Germany was a member as a whole, regardless of where its borders are,” he explained. he. According to Galer, the same situation now exists with Cyprus: “The moment a solution is found and Cyprus is reunited, EU law will begin to apply on the entire territory of the island.” The MEP claims that the same can happen with Ukraine. “Even if not all of Ukraine is under the control of the government at the time of the ceasefire, nothing prevents us from negotiating your accession to the EU,” he said. “And the subject of the negotiations will be the membership of Ukraine, not a part of Ukraine. Our partner in these negotiations will be the government of all of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. And the territory not under the control of the government, if there is one, will join the EU at the moment of restoration of this control,” the MEP added. However, he emphasized that the presence of occupied territories will definitely not prevent Ukraine from becoming a member of the EU. He also noted that with the help of transitional periods, it will be possible to smoothly integrate the occupied territories into the EU, as soon as they return to the control of the government of Ukraine. “When Ukraine joins the EU, the transitional period (when some norms of the EU common market are not applied for a certain number of years. – “EU”) applies only to the government-controlled part of the country. And later, when the other parts return to the control of Ukraine, only these territories will start accounting for their transitional periods,” the MEP explained. In the same interview, Galer made it clear that negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU may not open before the elections in Hungary in the spring of 2026, because “Viktor Orbán will not change his mind.” Earlier, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, reported that Ukraine and the EU have completed the screening of Ukrainian legislation for negotiations on joining the European Union.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Michael Galer. photo from Wikipedia Source: Galer in an interview with “European Truth”
Details: According to the MEP, it is necessary to remain realistic: Ukraine’s accession to the EU during the war would mean the EU’s entry into the war – and since this decision requires unanimity, he sees no chance of its adoption.
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Galer believes that a different situation is possible with the beginning of the truce, but not the entire territory of Ukraine will be liberated.
“Then we will get a situation similar to the one in which West Germany was. It was a member of the EU, although it did not control East Germany. And after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the effect of the German constitution extended to East Germany – and it automatically became part of the EU. After all, for the European Union, Germany was a member as a whole, regardless of where its borders are,” he explained. he.
According to Galer, the same situation now exists with Cyprus: “The moment a solution is found and Cyprus is reunited, EU law will begin to apply on the entire territory of the island.”
The MEP claims that the same can happen with Ukraine.
“Even if not all of Ukraine is under the control of the government at the time of the ceasefire, nothing prevents us from negotiating your accession to the EU,” he said.
“And the subject of the negotiations will be the membership of Ukraine, not a part of Ukraine. Our partner in these negotiations will be the government of all of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. And the territory not under the control of the government, if there is one, will join the EU at the moment of restoration of this control,” the MEP added.
However, he emphasized that the presence of occupied territories will definitely not prevent Ukraine from becoming a member of the EU.
He also noted that with the help of transitional periods, it will be possible to smoothly integrate the occupied territories into the EU, as soon as they return to the control of the government of Ukraine.
“When Ukraine joins the EU, it is a transitional period (when some norms of the EU common market are not applied for a certain number of years. – “EU”) valid only for the government-controlled part of the country. And later, when other parts return to the control of Ukraine, only these territories will start accounting for their transitional periods,” the MEP explained.
In the same interview, Galer made it clear that negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU may not open before the elections in Hungary in the spring of 2026, because “Viktor Orbán will not change his mind.”
Earlier, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, reported that Ukraine and the EU have completed the screening of Ukrainian legislation for negotiations on joining the European Union.