“Moldova currently has fewer obstacles in this path than Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Moldova currently has fewer obstacles in this path than Ukraine.
Oleksandr Leonov told about the problems of European integration / UNIAN collage, UNIAN photo, video frameDue to the war and counteraction of Hungary, Ukraine’s promotion to EU membership is slightly slower than it could. In such circumstances, it is possible that Moldova may join the EU earlier than Ukraine, said Alexander Leonov, executive director of the Center for Applied Political Studies “Penta”.
“Unfortunately, it may be. Because Moldova now starts negotiations, open for her [переговорний] cluster. She has a country that is actively lobbying – Romania, “he said.
Leonov noted that for Ukraine the prospect of EU membership has also become much closer. Now our European integration is lobbied by such powerful and influential countries as France and Germany, which in recent years could be dreaming.
However, there are important challenges before Ukraine, and the problem is far not only in the position of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, says the political scientist.
“We have not to allow our opponents to put some problematic things that we have no answer: freedom of speech, local self -government, and so on. Because I do not even list it, these issues are raised in the European press, raising European politicians in the European Parliament. Corruption.
The prospect of Ukraine’s membership in the EUAccording to UNIAN, Moldova applied for membership in the European Union in fact with Ukraine – in the spring of 2022 in the first weeks of a full -scale Russian invasion of our country.
A year ago, the EU governing bodies officially agreed formal negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova’s accession, which provides for a long bureaucratic process.
This week, the leaders of 26 EU Member States, except for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, declared firm support of Ukraine on the way to EU membership at a meeting of the European Council. In particular, they are ready to take the next steps in this process, namely to open the negotiating clusters. However, this requires the consent of Hungary, whose leadership opposes Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
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