Merz, in a letter to von der Leyen, called Ukraine's accession to the EU unrealistic.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the effective completion of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union (EU) in the near future unrealistic. This was reported on May 21 by the German news agency DPA, citing a letter from the Chancellor to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

"It is obvious that it is impossible to complete the accession process in the short term," Merz wrote.

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