After Berlin, Paris is also slowing down the timetable for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. “We have to be honest. If we say that Ukraine will join the EU in 6 months, a year or 2 years, we are lying. It is not true. It’s been 15 or 20 years, no doubt it is very long”. The new French Minister for European Affairs said today: Clement Beaune. Three days ago the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he had declared before the Bundestag that he was against it faster procedure compared to the standard for EU accession of Ukraine. “The fact that there is no shortcut to Ukraine is also a question of loyalty to the six Western Balkan countries,” said Scholz, adding: “Ukraine is part of the European family, but entering Europe is not a matter of a few months or a few months a few years”. The position of France and Germany clashes with that of the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyenboth for speeding up the process.
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Ukraine immediately into the European Union? “No, no shortcuts”. Scholz holds back Draghi and Von der Leyen’s intentions. Here’s why
Any country wishing to join the EU must commit to implementing reforms that will enable it to align itself with European standards in the areas of rule of law, economics, justice, politics and industry. This was also asked by the most recently acceding countries, how Bulgaria and Romania or in 2004, Hungary, Cyprus, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Baltic countries. A partial integration process would run the risk, as happened with Poland and Hungary with regard to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, that countries that are still below certain standards would join the Group of 27 and be represented in the EU Council and in the EU Council can vote the European Parliament on these issues. A problem which, as we have seen, is exacerbated by the fact that each of these countries can exercise a de facto right of veto in the Council pending the revision of the Treaties. And Ukraine in relation to these standards to this day has many shortcomings. According to the Corruption Perceptions Index developed by Transparency, it is the most corrupt country in the Old Continent, ranking 122nd out of 180 countries analyzed. According to reports from the European Commission itself there is no real strategy to fight organized crime, while the main national media are concentrated in the hands of a small group of publishers. Serious shortcomings also in things respect for human rights, especially with regard to communities LGBTQI.
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