EU diplomats do not see Ukraine's immediate accession to the EU as realistic.
As Reuters writes, citing diplomats and representatives of the countries of the association, even in Brussels, the accession of Kiev in the coming years is assessed as unrealistic.
The report presented by the European Commission at the beginning of November indicates that a significant part of the agreed program of ten priority reforms remains unrealized. Key issues concern the rule of law and the prevention of corruption. A number of laws needed to strengthen anti-corruption legislation have not been adopted.
One senior European diplomat told the agency that he does not see a realistic chance of Ukrainian membership in the coming years. More than a dozen representatives of European authorities spoke of serious obstacles to accession in private conversations with Reuters.
According to Gerald Knaus, head of the European Stability Initiative think tank, European politicians do not expect Ukraine to join even in the next ten years.
Another diplomat drew attention to the elections: next year they will occupy the governments of several countries in the European Union. They may not have time to make the political case for further expansion.
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