Posted on 10/05/2023 12:13:13 PM PDT by MarMema
The European Union is preparing to launch formal talks on possible Ukrainian accession into the bloc, despite dire warnings by senior officials that the EU might not survive enlargement economically, and lose what’s left of the pan-European project’s political cohesion. Ukraine in its current state is corrupt to the core and absolutely ineligible to join the European Union, former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said.
"One mustn’t make false promises to the people of Ukraine who are up to their necks in suffering. I am very angry about the presence of some voices in Europe who are telling the Ukrainians that they can become members immediately," Juncker said in an extensive interview with German media on Thursday.
That would not be of any good for the EU nor for Ukraine. Anyone who has anything to do with Ukraine knows that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society. Despite its efforts to date, it is not eligible to join, and needs massive internal reforms. We have had bad experiences with some so-called new members, for example when it comes to the rule of law. This cannot be repeated again,” the politician, who served as EC chief between 2014 and 2019, and dealt with Ukraine-related matters repeatedly over that time, added.
"The European prospects for Moldova and Ukraine, which is defending itself so virtuously and defending European values, must be maintained, but must not be linked to a hope that this can be achieved overnight at the push of a button," Juncker said. Instead, he proposed, countries like Ukraine should be able to "take part" in projects aimed at partial integration.
"We should work toward making something like partial accession possible, or an intelligent form of near-enlargement," Juncker proposed, without elaborating.
The former European Commission boss, who warned during his time in office that Ukraine would “certainly not become” an EU member over the next “20 to 25 years,” and that the country was “not European in the sense of the European Union,” repeatedly dashed the hopes of the Euromaidan coup plotters, who overthrew Ukraine’s government in 2014 and launched a civil war in the Donbass to try to set the country on a path to Europe. The crisis escalated into a full-on NATO-sponsored proxy war on Ukrainian territory in 2022 as Moscow attempted to preempt plans by Kiev to reabsorb the Donbass by force. Juncker is the latest high-level European politician to put a damper on Ukraine’s EU prospects amid reports that bloc leaders are planning to initiate formal accession talks before the end of the year, despite the ongoing largescale conflict in the country. Late last month, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola warned that the "economic model" that the bloc has today would not survive enlargement, and proposed a number of stopgap integrative processes short of membership, such as telephone and internet roaming, the lifting of trade barriers, access to some EU funds, Ukrainian access to European universities, etc. European Council President Charles Michel also hinted this week that Ukraine could become a member of the EU no sooner than 2030, and even then only if "both sides do their homework."
"Ukraine and other candidate countries for accession to the EU must actively and steadily carry out reforms, fight corruption and comply with legal conditions," Michel stressed.
Commenting on the bloc’s plans to go ahead with accession talks, University of Fribourg macroeconomics and monetary policy professor Sergio Rossi told Sputnik that in addition to economic problems, an effort to absorb a country as large as Ukraine would undermine the "cohesion between current EU member countries" and potentially exacerbate local nationalisms.
Ukrainian officials announced this week that Kiev has begun work on a unified "Plan of Reforms" up to the year 2027, based on "recommendations and proposals" by Brussels and the International Monetary Fund. Accession to the Ukraine would entitle Kiev to as much as €186 billion euros – a much sought-after boon to the country’s economy, which is desperately searching for new ways to raise money as debt levels approach 100 percent of GDP, foreign donations account for up to 70 percent of the state’s budget, and private creditors knock on Ukraine's door for returns on their 'investment'.
Here we go again. Biden made that accusation when he wanted the prosecutor investigating his son’s company fired. Biden claimed that everybody wanted the prosecutor fired, but that’s not true. People in both the U.S. government and the EU said that the efforts to fight corruption in Ukraine were going well.
Your arguments miss an important point.
The Russian mongol barbarians invaded a county that did not belong to them. The should be repelled. Why is that so difficult for you Pu-tards to understand. They need to be killed and flattened into the soil.
You are to be castigated for posting an article from Sputnik International, which will prove conclusively that this is all just Rooskie propaganda.... ( s a r c )
So here to COUNTER the Sputnik Global Rooskie propaganda are some others news reports for those who would otherwise be skeptical....
Jean-Claude Juncker brands Ukraine 'totally corrupt' in swipe at Zelensky's EU bid Express UK, Oct 5, 2023A compilation.... Does one sense a narrative shift on the part of Western press?Juncker dismisses 'corrupt' Ukraine joining EU in near future Spectator UK, Oct 5, 2023
Juncker Says Ukraine Not Likely To Join EU, NATO For 20-25 Years Radio Fre Europe, Oct 5, 2023
Corruption undermining Ukraine's progress, EU's Juncker says Reuters, JULY 13, 2017, included as an "oldie but goodie"
Juncker hält Ukraine für »nicht beitrittsfähig« Der Spiegel (Germany), Oct 5, 2023
All layers of society are corrupt in Ukraine, it is not yet ready to join EU
For the fun of it then, let us recall the "narrative" as provided on a public relations Freeper in her daily amen™ posts....
"The ‘PUTIN-Biden-Clinton-Obama’ cartel did used Ukraine as a FRONT to stage their money-laundering by using Russian agents embedded BY PUTIN in the Ukraine government: Ukrainian deep-state!So, a 'totally corrupt' Ukraine is still having trouble with its corruption, such that British press, Radio Free Europe, Reuters, Spiegel (and other German press as well), a picture clarifies.President Zelensky is still trying to remove Ukraine CORRUPT “deep state created by Putin!”
( 20 August 2023 ) Source: Ukraine CORRUPT “deep state created by Putin with Biden in the cartel
The ‘PUTIN-Biden-Clinton-Obama’ cartel seems to encompass -- oh gosh -- Zelensky and his government? How could anyone ever have seen this? Billions, I tell you! Billions! Poof!
Why, this surpasses the Clintons for grifting!
Tough talk about killing people from a man who hides behind his computer 💻 screen.
Biden also is not eligible to join the EU.
“Why is that so difficult for you Pu-tards to understand. “
Because I know that if the Ch!nks and the Cartels were setting up in Mexico for future military hostilities every NeoCon on this board would be demanding immediate war, invasion, demilitarization and annexation of border areas.
In fact the McCain Re-enactors are already calling for bombing and invasion just to deal with the drug problem.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/10/gop-bomb-mexico-fentanyl-00091132
Ukraine is one of the few countries in the world where Russia taking over will reduce the level of corruption.
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I have been writing about droning cartels instead if ISIS for years.
Your assumptions do indeed make an ass of you.
That’s my point, genius.
The Ukrazies are enraged by Putin for doing what they have been calling for against Mexico for years.
Olena Zelenska Accused Of $1.1m Shopping Spree In NYC
https://ground.news/article/olena-zelenska-accused-of-11m-shopping-spree-in-nyc
https://ground.news/article/olena-zelenska-accused-of-11m-shopping-spree-in-nyc
Natalie Winters:
Former Democrat Congressman turned lobbyist Jim Moran just added the Ukrainian government as a client for $25,000/month.
The letter outlining their agreement says funds will come from a virtually untraceable Ukrainian non-profit called “Ukraine Freedom.”
Is Ukraine aid from US taxpayers just being funneled back to DC elites?
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