'From Lisbon to Luhansk': EU Will Expand Eastwards, Vows German FM

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Questions will likely be raised as well over economic issues, such as the drastically lower wages for Ukranians compared to other EU states, which could potentially result in even more migratory flows from Ukraine as workers seek better opportunities in countries like Germany and Poland.
54% : "To admit a country to the EU without knowing its parameters, this would be unprecedented", he said, remarking: "I think we need to answer very long and difficult questions until we get to actually deciding about the start of accession talks.
53% : German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock declared on Monday during a visit to Kyiv that the European Union will extend its borders into areas of Ukraine that are occupied by Russia, vowing that the EU will span from "Lisbon to Luhansk".
50% : Responding to Baerbock, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova joked that the EU would have to accept Russia in as a member for its borders to extend to Luhansk.
40% : Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reiterated his heavy scepticism over giving such approval to Kyiv, noting that there are "very difficult" questions that remain about letting Ukraine into the EU, principally the issue that German Foreign Minister Baerbock seemingly took as read; that the country's borders are currently in dispute amid the war with Russia.
39% : However, with the EU lifting restrictions on Ukrainian agriculture, Poland has sought to impose trade barriers of its own in order to protect their farmers from what they see as unfair competition from a cheaper labour force.

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