Published on 03/08/2022 17:52 Updated on 03/08/2022 18:26
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The European Union is considering applications for integration from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Journalist Julien Gasparutto assesses the situation from Brussels (Belgium) on Tuesday, March 8.
The requests of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, which wish to join the European Union, are discussed on Tuesday, March 8. “First of all, this is, first of all, a very strong symbolic gesture, a way to send a very strong political signal,” the diplomat explains, “to clearly tell these countries that you are part of the European family,” journalist Julien Gasparutto reports. from France Televisions Brussels (Belgium).
Indirectly, the European Union also wishes to send a “message of defiance” to Vladimir Putin, for whom “such membership would be a red line.” At the same time, the Europeans have just begun considering the candidacy. “Then the European Commission will have to give the green light, then 27 heads of state and government, so that these countries become official candidates,” the journalist continues. Then they will have to provide guarantees, especially in terms of political or economic stability. The process will take several years to complete.
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