Scholz slows down Ukraine’s EU acc • Table.Briefings

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pursuing a similar course to France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron in terms of enlargement policy. But Kyiv and Brussels are putting on the pressure. There is a threat of a dispute at the EU summit in June.

New trouble is looming in the EU’s enlargement policy, which has been controversial for years. Following France’s lead, Germany on Thursday warned that Ukraine’s planned accession to the EU was moving too quickly – and took a stand against the EU Commission, which is calling for the country to be admitted quickly. French President Emmanuel Macron was right to point out that Ukraine’s accession process was „not a matter of a few months or a few years,“ German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a government statement in the Bundestag in Berlin.

Scholz slows down Ukraine’s EU accession

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