Günter Verheugen: Ukraine in the EU – that is our strategic interest
“Some political circles and some states in the EU strongly oppose the enlargement to the east. Earlier, the same circles were against the accession of Poland, Czech,” said Günter Verheugen in the interview for Polskie Radio. He stresses that the eastern countries should be given a clear promise of the EU membership. Verheugen was the EU Commissioner at the time of Poland’s accession to the EU.