Ukraine pushes for faster accession to the European Union at Brussels summit

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Ukraine pushes for faster accession to the European Union at Brussels summit  An EU-Ukraine business summit in Brussels aims to deepen economic ties and speed up both Kyiv's recovery and EU integration. But Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal urged for faster membership to the bloc, calling it an 'investment in Europe's strength.'  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/10/ukraine-pushes-for-faster-accession-to-the-european-union-at-brussels-summit  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00EU and Ukrainian leaders are meeting in Brussels for a two-day business summit.

00:04The focus is on deepening economic ties and speeding up Ukraine's recovery and path towards

00:09EU membership.

00:11Ukraine's Prime Minister Denis Shimehal urged European businesses to invest now, calling

00:15for Kyiv's integration into the bloc to be fast-tracked.

00:19We are not a buffer zone, we are not a grey area, we are Europe's new opportunity to rediscover

00:26its identity.

00:27We are ready to become a new contributor and exporter of security, energy, critical resources

00:33and digital innovations.

00:34Accelerating Ukraine's EU accession is not just a gesture of solidarity, it is an investment

00:40in Europe's strengths.

00:42We call on European leaders to fast-track Ukraine's integration and shorten our path to full membership.

00:49Marta Koz.

00:50Poland's European Affairs Minister declared it a historic opportunity, arguing the EU's focus

00:54must shift from Russia first to Ukraine now.

00:58Italy also voiced strong support for Ukraine's full membership, while also stressing the need

01:03for continued reforms.

01:05Euronews asked the European Commissioner for enlargement if the Hungarian Prime Minister

01:09Viktor Orban is right when he claims Ukraine's membership would completely destroy the European

01:14market, dry out cohesion funds and harm Hungary.

01:18He's not right.

01:19Because we will have Ukraine as one of the members of the EU in the future.

01:28We are working on this 26 EU member states support this vision.

01:36We could end all the screening processes in this year, so we will be ready when the Council

01:45will be able to bring the conclusion to open all the clusters.

01:52I am sure that this will be able in this year.

01:57But of course we have to work also with Hungary.

02:00Kyiv believes that as Europe is searching for a new point of equilibrium on geopolitical

02:05security, economics and values, the result of the war for Ukraine will be crucial for

02:09the continent's future.

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