“We need to grasp the opportunity right now and move as quickly as possible to get everything that is possible"
The question of Ukraine joining the EU has gradually progressed, as a provisional timetable for launching the process takes shape. But although resistance to Ukraine’s accession is slowly subsiding, what membership would actually look like remains an open debate.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a suggestion by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Ukraine could join the EU as an “associate member” without full voting rights. The Ukrainian president said that his country should not be “voiceless” within the Union.
But for one former Ukrainian prime minister, Merz’s proposal should be taken as an “opportunity” rather than a snub. In an interview with Euractiv, Arseniy Yatsenyuk outlined the political landscape unfolding in Europe and made the case that Kyiv should be less dismissive in its negotiations on the matter.
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