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The Economic Times
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says proposal of associate EU membership 'unfair'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ​in a letter to ​EU leaders that a German proposal to ​grant Ukraine "associate" membership of the European Union was "unfair" because it would leave Kyiv without a voice inside the bloc.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ‌has suggested ⁠allowing Ukraine ⁠to participate in EU meetings without a vote as an interim ​step to full membership of the bloc, which he said could ​help facilitate a deal to end the four-year-old war triggered by Russia's invasion.

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