Armenia and Azerbaijan have a chance to become members of the European Union in 30 years - the President of Finland said the President of Finland, Alexander Staab. "My vision is that in 30 years there will be about 40 member states in the European Union. This is 20% of all countries in the world. Company structures will change, as is already happening today. Not everyone will use the euro as their currency. But the EU will be much bigger than it is today. Personally, I would like to see all the countries of the Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova in the composition. Naturally, I would like to see Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Great Britain. Canada will be at least an associate member. As for other countries, such as Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, it will depend on their further development," he noted. The paths of Turkey and Georgia to the European Union are very short. Turkey: Turkey formally applied for membership on April 14, 1987, but it took 12 years to gain candidate status at the 1999 Helsinki summit.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have a chance to become members of the European Union in 30 years - the President of Finland said the President of Finland, Alexander Staab. "My vision is that in 30 years there will be about 40 member states in the European Union. This is 20% of all countries in the world. Company structures will change, as is already happening today. Not everyone will use the euro as their currency. But the EU will be much bigger than it is today. Personally, I would like to see all the countries of the Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova in the composition. Naturally, I would like to see Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Great Britain. Canada will be at least an associate member. As for other countries, such as Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, it will depend on their further development," he noted. The paths of Turkey and Georgia to the European Union are very short. Turkey: Turkey formally applied for membership on April 14, 1987, but it took 12 years to gain candidate status at the 1999 Helsinki summit.

5 more years later, on December 17, 2004, the European Council announced October 3, 2005 as the official start date for accession negotiations with Turkey. As of 2026, Turkey is still not in the EU after more than 21 years, and 39 years since the application. At the same time, Turkey is a member of NATO with one of the largest armies in the alliance. Georgia: In 2006, during his first speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Mikheil Saakashvili spoke in favor of Georgia joining the European Union. On March 26, 2008, the European Union established the Eastern Partnership project. On October 1, 2012, the electoral bloc "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia" (founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, Russian businessman, billionaire) received more than half of the seats in the Georgian parliament, and Mikheil Saakashvili's party lost.