In his daily address, he said that "without Ukraine, there can be no fully-fledged European project, and Ukraine's presence in the EU must also be complete -- with full rights."

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

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine “associate member” status in the European Union without voting rights while it pursues full membership, according to…

BRUSSELS: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed making Ukraine an “associate member” of the EU without voting rights, while Kyiv goes through the lengthy process of…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed giving Ukraine interim EU membership without voting rights. He stressed that he still wanted Ukraine to eventually become a "full…

Germany is proposing an interim EU integration plan for Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed accelerating Ukraine's path toward the European Union by introducing an "associate membership" status before full accession. —…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine a special form of “associate membership” in the European Union that would allow Kyiv to participate in key EU…

The "associate membership" envisioned by Friedrich Merz would allow Ukraine to request assistance from other EU countries against a Russian attack. This, Merz says, would create a…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed making Ukraine an "associate member" of the EU without voting rights, while Kyiv goes through the lengthy process of joining fully, a…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed making Ukraine an "associate member" of the EU without voting rights, while Kiev goes through the lengthy process of joining fully, a…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine 'associate member' status in the EU without voting rights while Kyiv pursues full...

German chancellor suggests allowing Ukrainian officials to attend EU summits but not vote

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a letter to EU leaders that a German proposal to grant Ukraine “associate” membership of the European Union

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken out against Germany’s proposal for Ukraine to have "associate EU membership" without voting rights.

Presidente da Ucrânia pede adesão “de forma plena e significativa” para o país que está “a defender a Europa” ao combater a Rússia.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed that Ukraine become an ‘associate member’ of the EU, as a kind of preliminary step towards full membership.

His comments come as both Kyiv and Moscow try to advance their interests on the battlefield.

Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggested interim step of associate membership without voting rights

The comments come after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed creating an interim "associate" form of EU membership for Ukraine and other candidate countries while they wait…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists that Ukraine must become a full member of the EU and rejected the idea of “associate membership”.