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Posted on 04/27/2026 7:46:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv's control in a future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to the country's prospects for joining the European Union.
"At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire agreement; at some point, hopefully, a peace treaty with Russia. Then it may be that part of Ukraine's territory is no longer Ukrainian," Merz told students at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Marsberg, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, on Monday.
"If President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy wants to communicate this to his own population and gain a majority for it, and he needs to hold a referendum on it, then he must at the same time tell the people: 'I have opened the way to Europe for you'," Merz added.
Kyiv's EU accession progress had been blocked by Hungary's nationalist premier Viktor Orban, but his defeat in elections earlier this month raised hopes it can move to the next step. Ukraine currently has the status of an official EU candidate.
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LOL!! EU telling Zelensky the same exact thing he was told by President Trump to negotiate end to war. The EU is telling him he may have to accept land loss in order to be considered as a member of the EU.
"... then he must at the same time tell the people: 'I have opened the way to Europe for you'," ...
So, first the bad news and then the worse news.
LOL,
If you want peace, a compromise needs made.
You can’t compromise if you make unrealistic demands and are inflexible.
Ukraine (((WILL))) lose land.
Maybe it’s better coming from Merz than Trump?
Depends what Ukraine gets in return
If it’s full membership in the new European Defense Force, with its inherent guarantees of security, it might be worth it
Russia is not giving up the ethnic Russian provinces of Ukraine, and Ukraine can not retake them, ever, they are are depleted.
No such thing...
Not yet
But if America is abandoning NATO, then Europe has no other choice
After all, the Russian menace isn’t going away
Zelinsky must be a hoot to play Risk with.
Membership in the new European Defence Force (which they essentially already have), with its inherent guarantees of security is worth a steaming pile of excrement..
Then why is Russia panicking about it?
Ukraine will have British and French troops based in their country as a deterrent ... get used to it ...
Herren und Frauen, we’re running out of petrol!
Good. Long live Russia. Land of caviar and ballet.
I don’t think Vlad will be concerned with British and French troops. Have you not been paying attention?
Brits don’t have a boat to float in front of their interests in Cypress. And frenchies are not much better off.
All their resources are being squandered to house and feed their immigration experiment.
Russia is a backwards piece-of-shit murderous dictatorship
Enjoy another year of military failure, Boris
“... then he must at the same time tell the people: ‘I have opened the way to Europe for you’,” ...
He means he has opened Ukraine up to the Turd World.
Hope Ukraine will enjoy all those new doctors and engineers they’ll be getting, courtesy of the EU.
Brits don’t have a boat to float in front of their interests in Cypress. And frenchies are not much better off.
Eventually the Turks will get the whole island.
The compromise is in history. East and West Germany, North and South Korea, The PRC and Taiwan.
Partition the country, but rather than letting Russia annex it, East Ukraine is a Russian satellite like Belarus.
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