Friedrich Merz is pushing for Ukraine to be inside inside the EU without 'further delays'
Germany’s leader Friedrich Merz has launched a fresh proposal to fast-track Ukraine’s entry into the EU by giving it one foot in the door straight away, according to a letter seen by Euractiv’s Rapporteur.
The war-torn country should join first as an “associate member” giving it the right to participate in councils of EU leaders and ministers without the right to vote, according to a new plan pitched by the German government.
“We do not have time for further delays,” Friedrich Merz wrote in the letter to António Costa, Ursula von der Leyen, and Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. “It is now time to boldly move on with Ukraine’s EU integration through innovative solutions as immediate steps forward,” wrote the chancellor.
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