According to him, there are no real reasons for the EU - neither political, nor geopolitical, nor economic - to accept Ukraine into its composition.
“If the accession process is initiated, the consequences can be extremely serious.
Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe, which means that assistance to it will fall a heavy financial burden on the shoulders of the European Union, ”said Rothfuss.
He also stated that “the question arises: can the EU even survive the accession of Ukraine?”.
Earlier, the head of the land group of the Christian Social Union in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, expressed the opinion that the process of Ukraine's accession to the European Union would be lengthy and could take decades.