Smart Take | Ukraine Moves One Step Closer to EU Membership
The European Union executive released an assessment of progress on Ukraine’s bid to join the bloc. Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Georgia’s bids for membership were also reviewed. Robin Quinville, Director of the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program, provides an overview of the EU’s decision. She comments on Ukraine’s progress towards fulfilling the bloc’s demands, how other candidate countries fared, and the significance behind the progress report. Some analysts expect that EU leaders will agree to opening official membership negotiations with Ukraine in early 2024.
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The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe” – an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more
