As part of the Brussels advocacy visit, representatives of the Transatlantic Dialogue Center held a series of high-level meetings with EU policymakers and leading European think tanks to discuss the strategic benefits of Ukraine’s future EU membership.
Following the presentation of TDC’s latest research in Brussels, organised jointly with the French think tank IRSEM, Marianna Fakhurdinova, Coordinator of the EU–Ukraine Partnership Program, and Viktoriia Valinkevych, Analyst of the EU–Ukraine Partnership Program, met with representatives of the European Commission (DG DEFIS and DG ENEST), des European Parliament, des European External Action Service (EEAS), und die European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).
The meetings centred on Ukraine’s EU accession process, the strategic value of enlargement for the European Union, and the opportunities created by the launch of the first negotiation cluster. During the discussions, TDC shared takeaways from its latest analytical paper, “The EU’s Next Chapter: Economic, Political and Security Gains from Ukraine’s Accession”, which received positive feedback as a timely contribution to ongoing policy discussions on Ukraine’s accession and its benefits for the European Union.
Representatives of the EU institutions emphasised the importance of sustained engagement throughout the accession process, noting that analytical contributions such as TDC’s research can help inform policy discussions and institutional assessments of Ukraine’s progress.
The visit underscored the value of sustained dialogue between Ukrainian experts and European policymakers. By combining evidence-based analysis with direct engagement, TDC continues to contribute to a more informed and forward-looking debate on Ukraine’s future membership of the European Union.
Der Bericht wurde vom Transatlantic Dialogue Center mit Unterstützung des Askold and Dir Fund im Rahmen des Projekts „Strong Civil Society of Ukraine – a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy“ erstellt, das von ISAR Ednannia umgesetzt und von Norwegen sowie Schweden finanziert wird. Für den Inhalt dieser Veröffentlichung ist ausschließlich das Transatlantic Dialogue Center verantwortlich. Er spiegelt in keiner Weise die Ansichten der Regierungen Norwegens und Schwedens sowie von ISAR Ednannia wider.