The ugly side of Ukraine joining the EU

"Any Ukranian company making goods now will find it hard to send their goods into the EU as they probably don't comply with various onerous standards that have been carefully crafted over the years as a protectionist measure for EU megacorps"

Possibly one of the single biggest issues for any nation to join the EU is adapting to the various standards for goods and services, but they already did so under the Association Agreement (including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA)) since 2017.

Ukraine is already the 15th biggest EU trade partner which is fairly impressive considering there are 216 trade partners.

As for the rest, refer to post #2.

They are fighting and dying for what the majority in the EU believe in... so that is a big thumbs up for them.

The second most corrupt state in Europe joining the EU? No, thanks.

Well, the population will be full of trauma. And the local culture is one of high corruption, and im sure certain underworld ties to Russia will remain. So there may well be a serious Ukrainian mafia within the EU if/when they join. Many will be well trained veterans.

Seriously dangerous weaponry will be sold on the Ukrainian black market and will pass into the eu unrestricted. The powers that be won't find every anti tank rocket, grenade launcher etc. They'll get most, but there'll always be some on sale. Including hardware that can take down aircraft.

Has Ireland handed over all of its yet?

Citation needed

Said without evidence dismissed without evidence.

i dunno, ukraine does have a pretty long border.

bataclan attackers got their aks from Balkans. customs didn't catch them.

grenades for gang wars in Sweden and Netherlands came from balkans too.

uk has a billion dollar illegally imported cocaine industry. mostly from Netherlands.

so stuff does get through.

But I do own a AT-4 ,

Great conversation piece

Worker protection in the EU are pretty good, in fact the UK got rid of some of them when they left, they might be different to ukraines but there are plenty of protections so long as they don't sell off the infrastructure and have an open market to control prices they will be fine. most of irelands infrastructure is still in the hands of the government electricity water telecoms are under government Control.

Zelensky works for an oligarch.

You can arm Ukraine. Ukraine should be given weapons.

But if you think every weapon is going to be accounted for after the war, then thats just light speed naive. Of course some weapons will quietly make their way to the wrong hands, including high explosive and rocket weaponry. Theres a lot of money to be made, and theres a lot of chaos happening. Young men are going back to ruined lives, many will have excellent reasons to hide or smuggle such valuable arms.

There have been cases in Europe and the US of extremists within the military managing to remove and stockpile all manner of military weapons, this is without a war going on locally.

Why on earth would you consider it fearmongering for the same to happen in a warzone in one of europes most impoverished and super corrupt countries.