Friedrich Merz has proposed making Ukraine an EU 'associate member' before full accession, in a letter to Brussels seen on 21 May The plan extends the bloc's mutual defense clause to Kyiv, with a snap-back if rule-of-law standards slip. https://
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z-proposes-interim-eu-associate-member-status-for-ukraine/
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