{"id":974729,"date":"2026-05-21T04:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/974729\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:17:22","slug":"ukraines-eu-accession-merz-elaborates-on-possible-status-as-an-associate-member-table-briefings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/974729\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s EU accession: Merz elaborates on possible status as an associate member \u2022 Table.Briefings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-base md:text-xl font-semibold text-gray-700 leading-relaxed\">\n                In a letter to EU leaders, German Friedrich Merz proposes granting Ukraine the new status of associate membership. The German chancellor hopes this will inject new momentum into the enlargement process and the discussion regarding Ukraine\u2019s accession.\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779337040_512_stephan-israel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"w-full h-full rounded-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                            21. May 2026\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779337041_181_stephan-israel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" class=\"w-full h-full rounded-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        21. May 2026\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d25883a2-95e8-47f5-bc49-16ef5638adf2-(1).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"w-full md:h-auto print:h-auto object-cover rounded-lg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Friedrich Merz with Council President Antonio Costa (European Union)    <\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-12 text-sm text-gray-600\">\n            Last updated: 21. May 2026\n        <\/p>\n<p>            Share article:<\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a letter to EU leaders, German Friedrich Merz proposes granting Ukraine the new status of associate membership.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":974730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[11783,9216,2000,10247,299,1945,13491,657,1220,13494],"class_list":["post-974729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-antonio-costa","tag-council-presidency","tag-eu","tag-eu-enlargement","tag-europe","tag-friedrich-merz","tag-moldova","tag-ukraine","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","tag-western-balkans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116610640803263429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/974730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}