
Zelensky Losing Patience With EU Membership Bid
Emmanuel Macron has stressed that accession could take “decades,” but Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t believe this is good enough.

Emmanuel Macron has stressed that accession could take “decades,” but Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t believe this is good enough.

MEPs voted 537 to 42 in favour of the extension, which will come into effect June 6th and extend the suspension of EU tariffs on Ukranian goods for another year.

The Ukrainian government’s long-term plan was to pursue a policy of total Ukrainisation of the country. The context of war and the need to get into the good graces of its neighbours led Kyiv to reconsider. But for the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, it is not enough.