Fragmenty wypowiedzi dla czasopisma: "NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENCE", numer 1-2 (181-182), Kijów 2020, UKRAINIAN CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC&POLITICAL STUDIES named after Olexandr Razumkov.
Jacek KLUCZKOWSKI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine (2005-2010)
– Which factors impede Ukraine’s integration into the EU?
- Talking about factors impeding integration processes, we should be looking everywhere – on the Ukrainian side, on the EU’s side and in the bilateral relations of individual EU countries with Ukraine. Some of them are structural and long-term, hard to overcomeat once. Others require more consistency and initiative from politicians and diplomats. First, we need to clarify what these words really mean today: “Ukraine's integration into the EU”.
I believe, it is necessary to look at Kyiv’s political intentions, its goal of achieving EU membership in the near future. This goal was even captured in the Ukrainian Constitution. that the EU’s real policy and that of its key member states does not include a prospect of Ukraine’s membership or even candidacy at the moment. Of course, this does not mean it will stay like this forever. (...)
Of course, both for Ukraine and Poland it would be better if we could talk about the prospect of Ukraine’s full membership in the EU today. However, keeping to the realistic perception of the situation, we should not focus on achieving this goal in the near future. I even think that this would be counterproductive.