Merz suggests Ukraine may have to accept territorial loss to help pave way for EU membership

submitted by schizoidman to europe 35 points | 26 comments https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/merz-suggests-ukraine-may-have-accept-territorial-loss-help-pave-way-eu-2026-04-27/ > “At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire agreement; at some point, hopefully, a peace treaty with Russia. Then it may ​be that part of Ukraine’s territory is no longer Ukrainian,” Merz ​told students at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Marsberg, a town in ⁠North Rhine-Westphalia, on Monday.