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Italy: “We can not wait until 2036 for Ukraine to join the EU”, says Enrico Letta

“If we take into account the years it took for many Eastern European countries to join the EU, Ukraine is likely to join the Union in 2036. It is too long and that is why I propose the creation of a European confederation,” he told APE- BPE, the secretary of the Italian center-left Enrico Letta.

“We need a creative approach, we need to find solutions that do not exist in the European treaties. I know that on some issues the views of the member states differ, but in the last two months, at the same time, there has been impressive progress,” he added. and former Prime Minister.

In a meeting with journalists from the Foreign Press Association of Rome, Letta added that “the heads of state of this confederation could meet immediately after the meetings of the Union, with the aim of giving a single message on foreign policy issues, but also internal market “.

According to the Democratic secretary, the members of this European confederation should be the EU partners, together with Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Albania, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Kosovo.

“I say clearly that, at this stage, there can be no Turkish participation. There are known problems, especially in the field of rights. The creation of this confederation, at the same time, would not in any way hinder the EU membership process of the countries. who have submitted a relevant application and have started this process “, explained Enrico Letta.

Regarding the second round of the presidential elections in France, the former Prime Minister of Italy was openly in favor of the re-election of Emanuel Macron and stressed that “a possible victory for Le Pen would mean the dissolution of EU Europe, because it does not mean a united Europe without France. “.

“We need a close, European coordination. That is why I consider Mario Draghi’s meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Portuguese Antonio Costa, which took place in March in Rome, to be very important. “reference to the vital issue of energy and the new policies to be adopted”, concluded the secretary of the Italian Democratic Party.

Source: AMPE

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