As the war rages on in Ukraine, the country remains keen to progress in its bid to join the European Union. In mid-March, Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal even expressed the hope that accession negotiations could already start in the first half of this year, as proposed by the European Commission earlier this month.
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Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based EU policy analyst. He is the editor of BrusselsReport.eu and a research fellow at the Property Rights Alliance.
Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based EU policy analyst. He is the editor of BrusselsReport.eu and a research fellow at the Property Rights Alliance.