Council Pres. Says EU Must Take 'Serious Look' At Ukraine Membership Request

European Council President Charles Michel has stated that the EU must take a 'serious look' at Ukraine's membership request, officially signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday.

• Speaking to the European Parliament plenary Michel stated on Ukraine's request that, 'It'll be up to us to act in accordance with the times. It's going to be difficult. The Council will have to seriously look at the symbolic, political and legitimate request & make the appropriate choices in a determined & clearheaded manner.'
• Should be noted that while a path for accession could be cleared, the strict conditionality applied to membership applications makes the prospect of Ukraine being brought into the EU any time soon a slim one,
• Michel: "This [the Russian invasion] is geopolitical terrorism". Calls on Russia to, "stop the war, go home, let's talk." Says sanctions will "impose a cost on us, this is a price worth paying."
• EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell states in his speech that "I think this is the moment in which the geopolitical union is being born".