Congratulations to Ukraine and Moldova. Incredible to think that the sequence of events that led to this point began in 2013 when Putin pressured the then-Ukrainian president into backing out of an EU Association Agreement because he didn't like Ukraine getting any closer to the EU.
Ruth Deyermond
EU Member States agree unanimously to open accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova on Monday
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President of the European Council, António Costa, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, issued a joint statement on the agreement to open the first accession negotiations clu...