Ukraine and the United Kingdom: how the EU should address the challenge of enlargement to the east and west

This paper contrasts the challenges faced by the United Kingdom and Ukraine as they each try to level with the European Union. It recommends a change of methodology to accelerate Ukraine’s accession and overcome a veto.

Fast-tracking Ukraine’s membership should jolt the British government out of its complacency and trigger the first full-scale public enquiry into the future of UK-EU relations. The EU, for its part, will be bolstered by welcoming the membership of its two big neighbours to the east and west.

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Andrew Duff is an Academic Fellow of the European Policy Centre. He is a former Member of the European Parliament (1999-2014), a Vice-President of the Liberal Democrats, Director of the Federal Trust, and President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF). He tweets @AndrewDuffEU and @andrewduffeu.bsky.social

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