
The European diplomat said that no one in the EU seriously believes that Ukraine will join the union by the end of the decade, calling for an end to misleading Kyiv.
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Ukraine is seeking EU membership, but the integration process faces internal doubts within the union regarding the timing and likelihood of acceptance.
Nobody in the European Union believes that Ukraine will soon join the union. The Euractiv portal reported doubts within the EU with reference to an unnamed European diplomat.
“No one seriously believes that Ukraine will become a member of the EU by the end of the decade - if ever,” the diplomat noted.
According to him, the European Union should “stop leading Kyiv by the nose.”
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