When it came to the question of which countries could one day join the EU, for years the talk was mainly of Balkan states such as Montenegro or Serbia. Russia’s war policy has fundamentally changed this.
Ukraine and its small neighbour Moldova have become EU accession candidates in a very short space of time and can now also celebrate the official start of EU accession negotiations this Tuesday in Luxembourg.
What does the opening of accession talks mean?
The step is primarily psychologically and symbolically important. The EU is showing more than 35 million people in Ukraine and 2.4 million…
