🇪🇺🇺🇦The New Europe Center asked leading European experts: which will be more costly for the European Union – enlargement or non-enlargement – and why? 🔗cutt.ly/9t3MOTHH w/ @meistefan1 @CouteauB @CER_IanBond @KALindstrom @dszeligowski @bonomimat @PierreHaroche

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇮🇹New Europe Center in Rome 📌@LeonidL, Senior Fellow, NEC), Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, served as the featured speaker for the discussion. ➡️Read more: cutt.ly/StMAc7EB

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? ✍️Susan Stewart, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), kindly shared her opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e @IRF_Ukraine

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? @TTsertsvadze, @OpenSociety, kindly shared her opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e @IRF_Ukraine

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? @SylvieKauffmann, @lemondefr, kindly shared her opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e @IRF_Ukraine

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? @OlenaHalushka, @IRF_Ukraine, @ICUVua, @ANTAC_ua, kindly shared her opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? @KristiRaik, @ICDS_Tallinn, kindly shared her opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e @IRF_Ukraine

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? ✍️@NathalieTocci, @IAIonline, kindly shared her opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e @IRF_Ukraine

🇺🇦🇪🇺What concrete benefits would Ukraine’s EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? @FWesslau, @EPIK_Ukraine, kindly shared his opinion with us. 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e @IRF_Ukraine

🇪🇺🇺🇦New Europe Center asked leading experts: what concrete benefits would Ukraine's EU accession bring to member states and the European Union? 🔗cutt.ly/ztZ7Zm3e w/ @NathalieTocci @FWesslau @KristiRaik @SylvieKauffmann @OlenaHalushka @TTsertsvadze

Political accession first: A new pact for Ukraine to join the EU @LeonidL, Senior Research Fellow, NEC, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, in a recent analytical paper outlines a new possible approach to 🇺🇦’s accession to 🇪🇺 - the PACT model. cutt.ly/vtKwrA7G 🧵⬇️ 1/4

A faster #EU accession for #Ukraine—solution or Pandora’s box? With #enlargement back at the centre of European strategy, new approaches are emerging to accelerate Ukraine’s path. One of the most striking is “political accession first”, with full integration to follow. But can the EU move faster without undermining its own rules? @LeonidL lays out the case and how to overcome the dilemmas: bit.ly/4sC9oKm

Joseph Dobbs, @NATOinUkraine, highlighted the reciprocal nature of the relationship. "Ukraine is not just receiving support from us — it is giving it back" 6/9

Alyona Getmanchuk, @UKRinNATO: "Today 🇺🇦’s partnership with NATO is not only deep and substantial, but also becoming increasingly innovative. Every month brings a “first” in cooperation - from participation in Article 5 exercises to deeper integration" 5/9

“Less than Membership, but More than Partnership: What NATO Truly Provides for Ukraine?” On April 8, 2026, NEC organized a discussion on Ukraine–NATO relations: cutt.ly/FtD7HYaC w/ @getmalyona @LeonidL @Solodkyy @NATOinUkraine @UKRinNATO @UKinUkraine 🧵1/9

💬 Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO, @getmalyona: “Today Ukraine’s partnership with NATO is not only deep and substantial, but also becoming increasingly innovative.” The Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO took part in the discussion “Less than Membership, but More than Partnership: What NATO Truly Provides for Ukraine?”, organised by @NEC_Ukraine. Key points stressed by the Head of the Mission: 🔹 Article 5 of the Washington Treaty remains the role-model upon which security guarantees are based. Ukraine itself, in developing security arrangements with its partners, is guided precisely by the logic of Article 5 🔹 Something unprecedented is constantly happening in Ukraine–NATO relations. A striking example is Ukraine’s participation in NATO exercises under Article 5 previously reserved exclusively for Allies 🔹 Since 2025, NATO has acquired a new role and significance in providing assistance to Ukraine. The Alliance is now doing a great deal not only to coordinate military support for Ukraine but also to advocate for and mobilise additional assistance 🔹 Preserving the prospect of Ukraine’s future NATO membership is not only about the possibility of obtaining security guarantees. It is also about safeguarding sovereignty, which is impossible without maintaining the right to freely choose alliances During the event, an analytical paper, “Squeezing the Most out of It: How NATO’s Support for Ukraine Has Evolved,” will be presented as well as the results of a recent public opinion survey on Ukrainians’ attitudes toward NATO.

📊How Ukrainians assess NATO in 2026: cutt.ly/otD9bSZV 📝Key findings of the opinion poll commissioned by @NEC_Ukraine are below. 🧵⬇️(1/8) @UKinUkraine

🎯Squeezing the Most out of It: How NATO’s Support for Ukraine Has Evolved Oksana Osadcha (NEC), analyzed the transformation of the NATO’s approaches: from a focus on reforms to a more active role in coordinating assistance during the war. 🔗: cutt.ly/XtDSzK9J @UKinUkraine

Was happy to speak at the public discussion on Ukraine–NATO relations in Ukraine — albeit online — organised by @NEC_Ukraine with the support of @BritishEmbassyKyiv

🔔We kindly invite to join the discussion “Less than Membership, but More than Partnership: What NATO Truly Provides for Ukraine?” 🗓️08.04.2026, 11:00 (EEST) 🔗cutt.ly/htAB49hX w/ @getmalyona @LeonidL @Solodkyy @NATOinUkraine @UKRinNATO @UKinUkraine