Impacts of Ukraine's accession on the EU and its Member States
Impacts of Ukraine's accession on the EU and its Member States

Author(s): Anton Bendarzsevszkij
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Summary/Abstract: Ukraine has been trying to become part of the European Union since the Orange Revolution in 2004, while European decision-makers lacked the political will to continue the enlargement, and the process has been stagnating for many years. All this changed suddenly after the Russian aggression in 2022, after which the accession process accelerated, but now it turned to another extreme: the statements on Ukraine’s quick EU accession became too unrealistic, creating false hopes. In fact, in the current geopolitical circumstances, full of crises and moving towards blocisation, the EU needs Kiev as much as Ukraine needs the EU. However, this would require a number of other conditions to be met, including internal EU reform, question of money and EU funding, and the end of the war on Ukrainian soil.

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