US journalist told how the approval of Ukraine’s application to join the EU will result
The decision by the European Commission to approve the application for Ukraine’s accession to the EU may have negative consequences – as stated by Silvia Amaro in her article on the website of the US TV channel CNBC, RIA Novosti reports
For Ukraine, such an outcome of events ‘will likely just mark the start of a long and difficult journey’, Ms. Amaro said. According to her, countries that have been on the list of ‘candidates for candidates’ for much longer may overreact to the approval of Ukraine’s application.
“Nations in the Western Balkans have long been promised accession, for example – including North Macedonia, which even changed its name in an effort to bolster its chances of joining the EU – but negotiations have yet to begin. Moldova, which borders Ukraine, and Georgia, which borders Russia, have also asked to join the bloc.”
Ms. Amaro also stressed the fact that Austrian ministers had already approached EU diplomat Josep Borrell demanding that they pay as much attention to Ukraine as to the Balkan states.
According to the journalist, the fact that many European politicians support the Zelenskyy regime upsets other parts of the continent, ‘potentially pushing them closer to Russia’.
