It’s another reason not to read ‘Politico’ (and OP’s posts, who frequently cross-posts Chinese and Russian propaganda narratives).
The title of strongly misleading as there is just a single reference to Ukraine’s accession bid at the end of article, and all it says that it will be a longer process. This might be true, but the EU’s enlargement process is historically slow, with past candidates often requiring several years of negotiations. However, the EU has made it clear it’s ready to speed the process up. Kos and Kallas (the EU’s commissioners for enlargement and foreign policy, respectively) announced just this week to open all clusters for Ukraine’s and Moldova’s accesssion talks before this summer.
It’s another reason not to read ‘Politico’ (and OP’s posts, who frequently cross-posts Chinese and Russian propaganda narratives).
The title of strongly misleading as there is just a single reference to Ukraine’s accession bid at the end of article, and all it says that it will be a longer process. This might be true, but the EU’s enlargement process is historically slow, with past candidates often requiring several years of negotiations. However, the EU has made it clear it’s ready to speed the process up. Kos and Kallas (the EU’s commissioners for enlargement and foreign policy, respectively) announced just this week to open all clusters for Ukraine’s and Moldova’s accesssion talks before this summer.
This is a clickbaity headline.