Europe ready to back EU membership for Ukraine to ensure security
#European Council President Antonio Costa says #EU #accession is key for #Ukraine's future. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says it could happen earlier than 2030
Antonio Costa has said that Ukraine’s accession to the European Union would be the most important #security #guarantee for the future of the country.
#accession : the act of acceding and becoming joined
- German: der Beitritt
- Italian: adesione
- Portuguese: adesão
- Spanish: accesión
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https://www.europesays.com/1702112/ How to Make Ukraine’s EU Accession Work for Central Europe ⋆ Visegrad Insight #accession #agriculture #Energy #eu #europe #Labour #Metallurgy #Ukraine
Good News for Albania
in its efforts to meet the requirements for advancing on its EU path
The first clusters of negotiation on #Albania’s #EU #accession
are set to be formally opened on
15 October, according to a unanimous decision of Ambassadors of European Union member states
The next step is set to be taken by Albania in mid-October in the framework of the intergovernmental conference and the opening of “Cluster 1 – Fundamentals”.
This cluster includes several chapters
– Procurement, Statistics, Judiciary and Fundamental rights, Justice, Freedom and Security and Financial control.
(But there's a setback for North Macedonia, which once again fails to take a decisive step towards EU accession)
Erdogan Links Sweden's NATO Membership To Turkey's EU Accession
Turkish President Tayyip #Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on July 10 that the #European #Union should open the way for Ankara's #accession to the bloc before Turkey's parliament approves #Sweden's bid to join the #NATO military alliance.
Turkey's bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched in 2005 under Erdogan's first term as prime minister. The ties between Ankara and members of the bloc soured several years ago, especially after a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey, but have since largely improved.
The bloc depends on the help of NATO ally Ankara, particularly on #migration
https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-sweden-nato-european-union-erdogan/32496862.html