According to the Financial Times, Germany is pushing for "linked membership" for Ukraine, under which Ukraine would be able to attend ministerial and leadership meetings but would not have voting rights, and the EU common budget would "not automatica

2026-04-20

According to the Financial Times, Germany is pushing for "linked membership" for Ukraine, under which Ukraine would be able to attend ministerial and leadership meetings but would not have voting rights, and the EU common budget would "not automatically apply." France calls this transitional membership "integration status," under which access to the Common Agricultural Policy and European funding such as the Cohesion Policy would be postponed until after formal accession.