Ukraine in the European Union? Now there really is a timing. At least according to Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna, in an interview with Voice of America: “We will be ready for EU membership in two years, but obviously the course of the war will determine the political situation.” Frame. I believe that two years will be enough to be fully prepared and when the war with Russia ends we will do ten times more than we do now to make that decision.”
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Stefanishyna stressed that Ukraine is also working on joining NATO, but the decision itself does not depend solely on Kiev. In particular, the issue of the Atlantic Alliance is a political decision: “We are working to strengthen interoperability with allied forces and strengthen the country’s strategic defense capabilities through defense and security sector reforms and the lessons of the war that we have learned. ” At the same time, Stefanishyna believes that Ukraine can join NATO faster than the EU. This is due to the fact that after the victory, the alliance wants to have a country with one of the strongest armies, which will be a guarantor of the security of Europe.
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