Quote Originally Posted by diogen_ View Post
How specifically such a disaster might happen?
No it won't, but the Ukraine would have to "voluntarily" opt out of the CAP (joint acricultural policy), some regional funds and industrial subsidies. Essentially everything that would really help their economy!

The CAP is really only applied to Western Europe, hugely unfair, really - at the moment. It was a condition the Eastern European countries had to agree to, to join the EU, and they did, even if that meant they lost out on one of the biggest advantages there is, to EU membership.

If you look at a country like Romania, EU hasn't really helped them at all, and they've been quite blatantly discriminated against as a nation in the EU. It's quite upsetting. The same thing would happen with Ukraine. And mind you, this is AT LEAST 15 years in the future, even if everything goes exactly to plan.

I don't see what the attraction of the EU would be, from a Ukrainian perspective, if they are being realistic about it.