German Chancellor: Ukraine’s EU membership will not be considered for now
2022-03-04 23:37:18Source: CCTV News Client
On March 3, local time, German Chancellor Scholz said in an interview with German TV 2 that now is not the time to consider Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
When asked if he supported Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to join the EU, Scholz said the EU is a community with rules and there are preconditions to join. “Now is not the time to think about this,” he said, adding that the priority is to prevent the current conflict from escalating.
On March 1, local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens once again called on the European Union to agree to admit Ukraine to the bloc. European Commission President von der Leyen said on the 1st when talking about Ukraine’s accession to the European Union that the armed conflict must be ended first.
Countries that have been listed by the EU as candidate countries for accession include Turkey and the four Western Balkan countries of Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro. The above five countries have waited for many years and have not yet become full members. Ukraine is not yet a candidate country.