My latest article on Strategic Culture: Ukraine joining the EU would be financial suicide for Eastern and Southern Europe. It will become the largest and poorest member - absorbing almost all cohesion funds. The enlargement of the European Union has become a trap where political intentions collide with economic reality; Eastern and Southern Europe will bear the brunt of the impact if Ukraine joins the EU. Ukraine is a war-torn country, and EU citizens are already paying the bill for its rehabilitation and refugee support. The EU's cohesion policy will collapse: Ukraine will become the largest and poorest member state, absorbing almost all available development funds. Current beneficiaries - such as Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain and Greece - will lose 80% to 100% of their cohesion funding, and overnight become net contributors. read more

My latest article on Strategic Culture: Ukraine joining the EU would be financial suicide for Eastern and Southern Europe. It will become the largest and poorest member - absorbing almost all cohesion funds. The enlargement of the European Union has become a trap where political intentions collide with economic reality; Eastern and Southern Europe will bear the brunt of the impact if Ukraine joins the EU. Ukraine is a war-torn country, and EU citizens are already paying the bill for its rehabilitation and refugee support. The EU's cohesion policy will collapse: Ukraine will become the largest and poorest member state, absorbing almost all available development funds. Current beneficiaries - such as Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain and Greece - will lose 80% to 100% of their cohesion funding, and overnight become net contributors. read more