the beginnings of Ukraine joining the European Union?

Is Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Romania and Moldova, very close to Ukraine, a positive signal sent to kyiv? “It is obvious that on the side of kyiv we are waiting for the visit of the French president. As we are waiting for that of the other leaders of Olaf Scholz or Mario Draghi. States which, seen from kyiv, would not do enough. Emmanuel Macron is eagerly awaited. His visit is part of a very precise chronology. Romania, which is part of NATO, then Moldova, which is wedged between Romania and Ukraine”explains Florent Parmentier, researcher, secretary general of Cevipof and co-author of Moldavia at the crossroads of the worlds, guest on the 23h set of franceinfo.

Isn’t the French president making an error of judgment, as François Mitterrand could have done with the fall of the Berlin wall, by slowing down so that kyiv does not immediately enter the European Union? “There are two things to see. The first is that the European confederation has come up against three problems. The transatlantic link, the inclusion of the Soviet Union and this fear of being in a second European division with words very cautious from Mitterrand. Therefore, President Macron wants to say that there will be a natural recognition, at the end of the month, of Ukraine’s candidacy within the European Union. But between the candidacy and the accession, years may pass. Between the two, there may be something to be done to involve the neighboring states. This is what Emmanuel Macron will try to do, recalling that Europe is a political construction before being institutional”he points out.