Ukraine on the Road to the EU: Polish Experience and Shared Challenges to Be Discussed in Radio Bridge on 26 September

This time, participants in the radio bridge between Kyiv and Warsaw will discuss Ukraine’s path to the European Union, Poland’s experience, and shared challenges.<br /><br />The discussion will focus on Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations and the opening of the first negotiation cluster, “Fundamentals,” as well as the sixth cluster devoted to foreign policy. Guests will discuss what Ukraine can learn from Poland’s experience, which reforms are key on the path to membership, and what role Poland can play in this process.<br /><br />A separate part of the discussion will be devoted to Polish interests and Ukraine’s European integration: the impact of Ukraine’s possible EU membership on Polish business, the agricultural sector, and food security. Participants will also discuss what Ukraine can offer the European Union in the areas of security, defence technologies, energy, transport, food, and digital technologies.

<ul> <li>Where is Ukraine today on its path to the EU?<\/li> <li>What does opening negotiation clusters mean in practice?<\/li> <li>What Polish experience could be useful for Ukraine?<\/li> <li>To what extent can Poland influence Ukraine’s EU accession process?<\/li> <li>How can support for Ukraine be reconciled with Poland’s national interests?<\/li> <li>What challenges could Ukrainian membership create for Poland’s agricultural sector?<\/li> <li>Which reforms could pose the greatest challenge for Ukraine?<\/li> <li>What can Poland and Ukraine do today to bring Ukraine’s EU membership closer?<\/li> <\/ul> The radio bridge will be hosted by Svitlana Mialyk, coordinator of cooperation between Ukrainian Radio and Polish Radio for Ukraine, and Vladyslav Krasnitskyi, a Ukrainian Radio host. The guests will be Tadeusz Iwański, head of the Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Department at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), and Yevhen Mahda, director of the Institute of World Policy.

<ul> <li><b>Polish Radio for Ukraine:<\/b> at 14:30 Warsaw time on the <a href="https:\/\/player.polskieradio.pl\/anteny\/ukraina" target="_blank"><strong>radio website<\/strong><\/a> and <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@polskieradiodlaukrainy" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li> <li><b>Ukrainian Radio:<\/b> at 17:07 Kyiv time.<\/li> <\/ul> A video version of the discussion will be available on <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@polskieradiodlaukrainy" target="_blank">YouTube<\/a> later that day.<i>Source: Polish Radio press materials.<\/i>