Ambassador Maternova said when Ukraine will join the EU — Politics

The diplomat talked about the three aspects of Ukraine's accession to the European Union.

Ukraine will join the European Union by the end of the decade, despite the fact that the war may not end until the end of 2024.

This was the opinion of Mrs. Katarina Maternova, the EU ambassador to Ukraine, during the NV event “Ukraine 2050. Dialogues about the future”.

“The war will not end this year, and I still predict that by the end of the decade (Ukraine will join the EU – ed.), which is a forecast made by the current president of the European Council, Charles Michel, so I have confirmation of this assessment,” the diplomat said.

Maternova drew attention to the fact that the process of Ukraine's accession to the European Union has three aspects: the war, the “technical part” (the accession negotiations themselves) and the “political part” (ratification by all member countries – national parliaments or executive power).

The ambassador emphasized…