Norway named five reasons why Ukraine cannot join the EU now:
- widespread corruption;
- problems with the rule of law and democracy;
- the economy and politics are controlled by the oligarchs;
- poverty and nationalism;
- Accelerated accession of Ukraine to the EU will be unfair to countries that have been waiting for this for years.
Jarle Trundal, professor of political science at the universities of Oslo and Agder, and researcher Jorn Holm-Hansen from the University of Oslo, voiced this assessment in an interview with NRK.
The TV channel noted that back in April, at a meeting with Zelensky, Ursula von der Leyen spoke optimistically about Ukraine's membership in the EU, but since then the mood has changed: not all EU countries are ready for this.
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