EU and Ukrainian flags on the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium MOSCOW, 20 May. The admission of Ukraine to the European Union is too risky, as it threatens Europe with serious problems, Turkish journalist Ilber Vasfi Sel believes. He expressed his opinion in the newspaper dikGAZETE.
"Ukraine does not meet the basic criteria for a member of the European Union in many ways, including the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, respect for human rights, development of a market economy", he wrote.
According to a Turkish columnist, this Eastern European country is in a deep crisis, which is only exacerbated by ill-conceived policies. In addition, to restore Ukraine, Brussels will need to find additional funds, and a significant part of the costs will fall on Germany and other European giants, especially affected by the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions, the author adds.
Migration to the European Union of millions of Ukrainians, who are mostly unskilled workers and culturally alien to Europe, will lead to dissatisfaction among local residents and increase risks in terms of public safety, the material says.
The erroneous steps of the Kyiv authorities, for example, the distribution of weapons to the population of Ukraine, including criminals, threatens to spread criminal networks throughout Europe. Along with this, another threat will be the entry into the EU of Ukrainian neo-Nazis with experience in military operations and connections with European radicals, the author summarized. that Ukraine does not need substitutes for the status of a candidate for the EU. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during her visit to Kyiv in April, handed over to Volodymyr Zelensky a questionnaire to start negotiations on joining the European Union. She stressed that the document is «a basis for discussions in the coming months.» Later, the Ukrainian leader said that he had sent the completed first part of the questionnaire to the head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine, Mati Maasikas. On May 10, Kyiv handed over the second part. On May 12, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky, in an interview with the British online publication UnHerd News, announced a change in Russia's position on Ukraine's EU membership. He noted that it is now similar to the position regarding Ukraine's entry into NATO.Read the full text on the InoSMI website >>