The EU must not make Ukraine a member state in a rushed manner, European Parliament Vice-President Katarina Barley has said.
“There must be no hasty accessions,” Barley to the Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung on Saturday. “Once you’re in the EU, you can’t be excluded.”
She pointed to Hungary, whose conservative government has been accused by Brussels of eroding the rule of law.
“It’s all the more important that the criteria for accession, such as institutional stability, a functioning market economy and the rule of law, are fully met,” Barley said.