FPO: EU Admission of War-Ravaged Country Insane

Ukraine does not in the slightest fulfill the Copenhagen criteria for joining the EU and struggles with a massive corruption problem.

Kijev, 2023. november 4. Ursula von der Leyen, az Európai Bizottság elnöke és Volodimir Zelenszkij ukrán elnök a kijevi megbeszéléseit követõ sajtóértekezleten 2023. november 4-én, az Ukrajna elleni orosz háború alatt. MTI/EPA/Szerhij Dolzsenko Fotó: Szerhij Dolzsenko

As Magyar Nemzet reported in a previous piece, the latest survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) revealed that besides the war, Ukrainians are the most concerned about low income and corruption, The New Voice of Ukraine news portal  highlighted.

About 63 percent of the respondents named corruption as the country's main problem, with 46 percent naming low income.

In recent weeks, Volodymyr Zelensky's popularity rate has been steadily falling, partly due to the Ukrainian president's failure so far to effectively fight the corruption pervading the country, despite his election campaign pledge.

There's a growing outcry in member states, saying that EU institutions have lost all common sense in budgetary policy, with one fiscal excess following another in a completely irresponsible manner. Ukraine's accession would entail very serious consequences, which can be modelled on the current financial framework for 2021-2027.  Based on the model, Ukraine alone would receive 186 billion euros. If the six Western Balkan states and Georgia and Moldova are taken together as other acceding countries, a total of EUR 257 billion euros would go to them.

Put in simpler terms, this means that Ukraine alone would need around 15 percent of the total EU budget.

On top of this, Ukraine would be entitled to nearly a third of the budget for agricultural subsidies, and an additional 61 billion euros from the EU's cohesion funds.

Cover photo: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference following their meeting in Kyiv on November 4, 2023 (Photo: MTI/EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko)