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Europe Without Orbán – No More Veto Excuses
13 April 2026
The implementation of European laws in order for Ukraine to join the EU is not possible until its bureaucracy adopts a ‘European spirit.’
What no one would have expected just a year ago, Ukraine became a candidate for EU membership on 23 June 2022. But beyond the gesture and the evident political support, in which ways could this nation, now a victim of brutal Russian aggression, benefit from it? Even before the invasion It was one of the poorest countries in Europe. Only Moldova, the other new candidate, had a lower GDP per capita.
It had a bad reputation for the high level of corruption, its notorious oligarchic system, and the low standards of jurisdiction. Is Ukraine mature enough for the candidacy, or, from another point of view, what can the EU do to bring its government and economy closer to the West?
I asked about these issues Vlad (Volodymyr) Dubrovskiy, senior economist of CASE Ukraine, an expert on political and institutional economics, who was preparing a book on the effects of the Revolution of Dignity with co-authors Kateryna Ivashchenko and Kálmán Mizsei until the invasion interrupted their work.
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