“The European Commission has floated the idea of accelerated membership. That will not happen. We believe Ukraine must meet all the conditions, just as we had to. And, of course, there will be difficult chapters in the negotiations, such as agriculture or transport,” he said.
The Polish minister was asked to comment on the position of Hungary’s future prime minister, Péter Magyar, who has previously said he does not support Ukraine’s fast-track accession to the EU.
In response, Radosław Sikorski said he shares this view, stressing that Poland’s position is the same.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is aiming to join the European Union in 2027.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, for his part, said any country seeking to join the EU must first meet the Copenhagen criteria, a process that usually takes several years.
He stressed that Ukraine needs a perspective that will pave the way for accession in the long term. According to Merz, Ukraine’s accession to the EU on Jan. 1 of next year is unrealistic.
On March 17, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said a Ukrainian delegation in Brussels had received from the EU the conditions for accession under the final three negotiation clusters.
On April 8, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka said European partners are currently actively discussing a model for Ukraine’s accession to the EU that could emerge as early as 2027.