Moldova and Ukraine's EU path for membership: a new strategy for Europeanization or integration?
Journal: EURINT
Year: 2025

The European Union has engaged proactively with its neighbourhood sincethe early 2000s, combining the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EasternPartnership with incentive‑based conditionality as to export its values and, in selectedcases, the prospect of membership. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine marked acritical juncture, accelerating Moldova and Ukraine’s EU accession processes at anunprecedented pace. This article examines their accelerated progression fromapplication to the opening of