Germany founded the EU when part of its territory was occupied.
Ireland and the UK joined while their territory was disputed.
Cyprus joined (but the Greek side shafted the Turkish side in that case because the EU granted accession before they took the peace deal that Turkish Cypriots had accepted)
Garvan Walshe
Marta Kos,EU Commissioner for Enlargement,on whether Ukraine can join the EU while part of its territory remains occupied:
"We’ll see what happens once peace is achieved.We aren’t there yet.The EU has a great ability:so far we’ve always been able to find answers to even the most impossible questions
