Like other European Union candidate countries, Ukraine must get through the rigorous accession process, enacting the necessary legal, democratic and economic reforms, Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pitched the idea of

Friedrich Merz is pushing for Ukraine to be inside inside the EU without 'further delays'

Bundeskanzler Merz fordert neuen EU-Status für Ukraine zur stärkeren Einbindung trotz Krieg und Wirtschaftskrise.