German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday 19 May that he was not in favor of granting Ukraine a "
shortcut
" to membership of the European Union (EU) which, according to him , is "
not a matter of a few months or a few years
".
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"
The fact that there is no shortcut on the road to EU membership (of Ukraine) is an imperative of fairness towards the six Western Balkan countries
" who have long wanted to join the European bloc, he underlined during a speech to the deputies of the Bundestag.
French President “
Emmanuel Macron is right to point out that the accession process is not a matter of a few months or a few years
,” he added.
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