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.
“Macron will be out of office next year; the German coalition is not the strongest in the universe, and there are different developments in Bulgaria…
