Following the EU decision to grant Ukraine candidate status in 2022 and to greenlight the official opening of accession negotiations in 2024 – despite strong opposition from Hungary – Kyiv’s reform agenda has been mixed, with the Financial Times recently reporting that Paris and Berlin are considering granting Ukraine a “symbolic” membership without immediate voting rights or access to key parts of the bloc’s budget. To understand Ukraine’s EU accession prospects in full, Kyiv Post spoke to