EU flags outside the organization's headquarters in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, 19 Jun. The European Union will have problems if Ukraine joins it, writes the German edition of Junge Welt. «As the poorest member state, Ukraine will absorb EU money,» the publication says. Kronauer, corruption in Ukraine will slow down the pace of the country's acceptance into the union. «While Western European investors and exporters are structurally inferior in arm wrestling to deeply rooted local oligarchs, there will be no outstanding motive to offer Kyiv EU membership,» the publication notes. other countries of South-Eastern Europe, which were given the prospect of membership 19 years ago, namely at the EU summit in June 2003 in Thessaloniki. This will also become a problem. the role of a candidate country for membership of the European Union, to put it mildly, does not suit the states concerned, which have been adapting their norms and standards for membership for years. The EU is warned about the consequences of too obvious unequal treatment,» the publication concluded. The day before, the EC recommended granting candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova to the European Union. The final decision will be made by the EU leaders on June 23-24.
