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Macron advocates for creation of a 'European political community' beyond the bloc

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European Parliament president Roberta Metsola (R) and France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) pose at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg before attending the closing session of the Conference on the Future of Europe and the release of its report with proposals for reform, in Strasbourg on May 9, 2022. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

France's President Emmanuel Macron said Monday it would take "decades" for a candidate like Ukraine to join the EU, and suggested building a broader political community of democratic states around the bloc.

"Even if we gave them candidate status tomorrow," he said of Ukraine, "we all know perfectly well that the process of allowing them to join would take several years, in truth doubtless several decades."

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