The European Union ought to "do extra" for Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Friday, after European leaders poured chilly water on the nation rapidly becoming a member of the bloc.
"We have to go tougher. This isn't what we count on," Ukraine's president stated in a video on his Telegram channel.
"The choices of politicians should coincide with the temper of their individuals, the individuals of Europe (...) The European Union should do extra for us, for Ukraine."
Zelenskyy demanded final week that Brussels create a "new particular process" to grant Ukraine "quick membership".
His enchantment on Thursday got here a day after EU leaders dominated out such an instantaneous membership however acknowledged Ukraine's "European aspirations" at a summit in Versailles. They tasked the European Fee to draft an "opinion" on the request — a course of that may take weeks.
As soon as the opinion is launched, European leaders then must unanimously resolve to grant "candidate standing" for Ukraine which is then adopted by prolonged negotiations with the candidate anticipated to implement reforms to carry it according to the remainder of the bloc.
Dutch Prime Minister careworn on the summit that there's "no quick monitor" to membership however that "we need to work intensively with Ukraine".
French President Emmanuel Macron stated the EU should "ship a robust sign to Ukraine and the Ukrainian individuals on this hour of want".
He had stated a day earlier throughout an occasion with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Paris that "the topic of the enlargement of the European Union can't be checked out on a case by case foundation."
"The query of Ukraine can't be separated from that of all of the Jap companions and partnerships, apart from Belarus, which has chosen a unique path, and the Western Balkans. This problem within the coming weeks we must clear up in Europe as a result of the EU has to grow to be the stabilising energy on the continent," he added.
Each Moldova and Georgia have additionally utilized to grow to be EU member states since Russia launched its navy invasion in Ukraine on 24 February.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Fee chief, stated on Thursday night that "we would like a free and democratic Ukraine with whom we share a typical future".
She instructed Euronews final month, forward of the bloc imposing a 3rd bundle of sanctions in opposition to Russia for its assault on Ukraine, that "certainly over time, they (Ukraine) belong to us".
"They're one among us and we would like them in," she added, stressing that there are already "many subjects the place we work very intently collectively".
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