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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Proposes New Political Union for Non-EU Countries

French president Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 9, 2022. (AP)

France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union, and proposed a new political organization to bring together countries on the continent that share EU values but are not part of the bloc.

During a speech marking Europe Day in Strasbourg, France, Emmanuel Macron said that "we all know perfectly that the process of allowing (Ukraine) to join would take several years, in fact probably several decades."

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