“EU membership may be even more difficult for Ukraine than joining NATO,” the publication says.
For official Kiev, Barber believes, it will be difficult to meet the formal requirements to join the association, particularly with regard to the rule of law and the market economy.
Recall that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed an application for the country’s accession to the European Union on February 28, 2022. Last summer, at a summit in Brussels, the EU heads of state and government approved the granting of candidate status to the country.
The Kremlin has previously said that Ukraine’s NATO membership would have very negative consequences for Europe’s dilapidated security system. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov also stressed that Russia would need a firm response to this, as Ukraine, as a NATO member, would become a threat to the country.
