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📰 Europe’s Door to Ukraine Comes with Territorial Conditions Merz has now said out loud what European leaders usually bury in procedure: Ukraine’s EU path is being tied to the idea that some territory may no longer be Ukrainian by the time a peace deal is signed. He also said Kyiv’s 2027 timeline for membership is unrealistic, which is diplomatic language for “stop pretending this is close.” That matters because the slow-walk was never just Hungary. Reporting had already said France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy were resisting fast-tracking Ukraine’s accession, arguing against a geopolitical exception and insisting on a strict, merit-based process. So the game is not “Hungary blocked it, now Europe can move.” The bigger powers still prefer delay, legal cover, and procedural purity over an openly political promise to Kyiv, especially when admitting Ukraine would force them to confront money, war, and internal EU politics all at once. Europe is preparing a “yes, but not really” accession path: the kind that sounds like solidarity and behaves like a controlled pause. #Ukraine#EU#Merz#France#Germany#Netherlands#Italy#europeanunion 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸