Lithuanian president proposes to fix 1 January 2030 as date of Ukraine's accession to EU

Marta Kosenlargement

Just like Ukraine, we aim to achieve significant progress as quickly as possible, and we are working at full speed to open negotiations on the first clusters in the first half of 2025."

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Marta Kosenlargement

We hope to open Clusters 1 (Fundamentals), 2 (Internal Market) and 6 (External Relations) during Poland’s presidency, leaving us six more months to open the remaining three clusters. A lot of work needs to be done to achieve this – on both sides."

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There is no doubt that the ultimate goal is to wipe out Ukraine. We all want a lasting peace, not peace at any cost,

he said via video link

For too long we were on autopilot mode because of the U.S.,

he said

Now the U.S switched the autopilot off for an unknown term. Now it is the time to think through what we should do. Of course military support is important, but it might not be enough,

he said

I really appreciate the political will that is there. I would even say Ukraine's merit-based process, if they continue at that speed and at that quality, perhaps they could be earlier than 2030

Von der Leyen said

Gitanas Nausėdalithuanian President

The security of Europe depends on the security of Ukraine. That is why I want to accelerate Ukraine's accession to the EU. I propose a date of 1 January 2030,

Nausėda said

Gitanas Nausėdalithuanian President

Let's make Ukraine's path to the EU inevitable,

Nausėda said