Ukraine's accession to the European Union will take "
probably 15 or 20 years
", estimated Sunday the French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, who considers that Kiev can enter in the meantime into the European political community proposed by the President. Macron.
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“
You have to be honest.
(...) If we say that Ukraine will join the EU in 6 months, 1 year or 2 years, we are lying.
It's not true.
It's probably 15 or 20 years, it's very long
, "said Clément Beaune on Radio J. "
In the meantime, we owe the Ukrainians (...) a political project in which they can enter
", he continued.