“it’s unheard of in terms of speed” according to Pascale Joannin

Ukraine obtained EU candidate status on Thursday 23 June. Director of the Robert Schuman Institute, Pascale Joannin believes that this is a “strong political signal” sent by the Twenty-Seven. “Ukraine submitted the application on February 28, four days after the start of the war, and in less than four months, usually it takes longer, indeed there is this decision. (…) It is unheard of in terms of speed”she explains on the 23h set of Franceinfo.

Pascale Joannin explains that this decision is also a way of taking a stand in the war in Ukraine. “It’s also a snub to Russia by saying ‘listen you did something that is unspeakable and well we are going to take up the cause for the attacked and he wants to come to the European Union? And well one day it will be a member of the European Union'”analyzes the director of the Robert Schuman Institute.