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 Fakhurdínova, Coordinadora del Programa de Cooperación UE-Ucrania, y Viktoriia Valinkevych, Analista del Programa de Cooperación UE-Ucrania, met with representatives of the European Commission (DG DEFIS and DG ENEST), el European Parliament, el European External Action Service (EEAS), y la 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.
El informe fue elaborado por el Transatlantic Dialogue Center con el apoyo del Askold and Dir Fund, en el marco del proyecto «Strong Civil Society of Ukraine – a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy», implementado por ISAR Ednannia y financiado por Noruega y Suecia. El contenido de esta publicación es de exclusiva responsabilidad del Transatlantic Dialogue Center y no puede interpretarse en modo alguno como reflejo de las opiniones del Gobierno de Noruega, el Gobierno de Suecia ni de ISAR Ednannia.