On May 10, 2022 Macron, speaking to the [[European Parliament]] in [[Strasbourg]], quashed Ukrainian ambitions to join the EU, proposing instead a "new European political community" open to non-member states like Ukraine, adding that it may take "several decades" for Kyiv to fully realize its EU ambitions.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/macron-ukraine-eu-russia-france-1705232</ref> | On May 10, 2022 Macron, speaking to the [[European Parliament]] in [[Strasbourg]], quashed Ukrainian ambitions to join the EU, proposing instead a "new European political community" open to non-member states like Ukraine, adding that it may take "several decades" for Kyiv to fully realize its EU ambitions.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/macron-ukraine-eu-russia-france-1705232</ref> |