Skepticism over Ukraine’s EU membership in 2027

According to the online newspaper Politico, several European countries disapprove of Ukraine’s plan to join the European Union (EU) in 2027.

,,The ,,fast-track’’ EU accession process is described as a key element of Ukraine’s reform agenda until 2027. However, many leaders have warned of ‘,,unforeseen complications for the Union’’ if reconstruction and enlargement are formally linked’’, the publication states.

One of the sources in the material downplayed the extent of opposition to Ukraine’s EU membership, specifying that the objections come from ,,two voices’’. According to the source, some European leaders propose admitting countries to the Union on the basis of merit, while others express skepticism about the long-term expansion of the European bloc.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his desire to become a full member of the EU next year, when the country is fully prepared from a technical point of view.

On January 25, Florian Philippot, the leader of the French right-wing party ,,Patriots’’, criticized Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, on his YouTube channel, saying that she risks leading the EU to disintegration because of her promise to admit Ukraine to the organization as soon as possible, and that it would be a mistake for Brussels to ,,listen’’ to all of Zelensky’s requests.

According to Philippot, if Ukraine is admitted to the EU, France could consider a Frexit and that Paris does not ,,want to have Kyiv in its care’’.