#Ukraine_EU: Macron has openly questioned the rationality of starting Ukraine's accession procedures now. However, he suggested that Ukraine should not be rejected either. This means that the EU is ready to signal an EU perspective in a veiled or direct way. It is important to ⤵️
note that Macron has positioned himself in favour of a regional perspective (to be translated as the "in package" approach) that includes Moldova and Georgia. He focused on Moldova and opposed abandoning it, stressing the energy vulnerability and the problem of Transnistria ⤵️
(as leverages ins Russia's hands). Macron could not be more explicit in indicating that Moldova and Georgia will receive similar treatment to Ukraine in terms of the EU perspective. ⤵️
However, he made it clear that the EU project must be reformed geographically speaking, without going into too much detail about the future "multi-speed Europe" in which Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia can have a seat at the table.
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