Moldova narrowly votes for EU membership amid fraud claims
By Martin Banks MEPs have greeted the outcome of elections in Moldova, saying that while the result was close they are happy its people “didn’t succumb to Moscow’s poisoned messages.”
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May 1, 2024 Poland triples ‘return on investment’ on EU membership
Poland has invested €86 billion in the European Union project and gained €261 billion in the 20 years since it joined, according to data presented by Funds and Regional Policy Minister Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęczit at a press conference on Tuesday.
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March 10, 2024 Armenia is considering seeking EU membership, foreign minister says
Armenia is considering applying for European Union membership, foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Friday (8 March), as it seeks to forge closer ties with the West in the face of tensions with traditional ally Russia.
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March 4, 2023 Ukraine: 92% want EU membership by 2030
Ninety-two per cent of Ukrainians favour EU membership by 2030, the latest poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) finds. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in December 2021, only 67% said they would vote ‘yes’ in a referendum for immediate accession.
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June 2, 2022 Georgia should become a candidate for EU membership
Georgia’s application for EU membership did not come out of the blue. It was neither on a whim of the government nor a cynical exploitation of growing European sympathy towards Ukraine, write Nikoloz Samkaharadze and Giorgi Khelashvili.
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April 20, 2022 Ukraine completes questionnaire for EU membership
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally submitted a completed questionnaire on EU membership to the bloc’s envoy in Kyiv on Monday (18 April) and said he believed this step would lead to his country gaining candidate status ‘within weeks’.
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March 1, 2022 Ukraine requests EU membership under fast-track procedure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday (28 February) submitted an official request to allow his country to gain ‘immediate’ membership under a special fast-track procedure as it defends itself from a Russian invasion.
