The European Union, according to its leaders, will not be able to immediately accept Ukraine and Turkey into its ranks due to a number of economic difficulties, the Politico newspaper reports. According to its unnamed EU official, there are doubts in Brussels about the ability of the market to resist such an enlargement of the EU.
At some point, we’ll have to clarify that Ukraine and the Western Balkans are the latest expansion. It is unimaginable that the EU could accept both Turkey and Ukraine. The market can’t take it
- quotes the publication of his interlocutor.
He believes that currently Ukraine’s EU membership has “more momentum” behind it in the context of the Ukrainian conflict. At the same time, Kiev’s EU membership is seen as a “geopolitical necessity”. The publication’s source admitted that Ukraine’s admission could drag on for a decade or two.
Ukraine is a game changer when it comes to Turkey
- said the European official.
In Brussels, fears over Turkey emerged against the backdrop of the country’s presidential elections, the first round of which was held on May 14. The EU believes that the opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroglu, if he wins in the second round, can aim for a qualitative improvement in relations with Brussels. However, even with incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in the EU, some officials will “breathe with relief”, the newspaper said.
Earlier, the editors of the analysis agency Bloomberg cited the opinions of experts who believe that the EU should not rush to accept Ukraine. Accelerating negotiations on EU membership will not help the confrontation with Russia. Given what is at stake, the desire to go further and accelerate Ukraine’s accession to the EU is understandable, but it risks aggravating the conflict without any real benefit, analysts say.
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