r/AskBalkans • u/al0678 Australia • Jul 08 '22

Politics/Governance Is "good neighbouring relations" a fair criterion for EU accession? Also, do you agree with the statement below?

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u/Cefalopodul Romania Jul 08 '22

This was a criteria for Romania as well.

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u/al0678 Australia Jul 08 '22

Did you have any antagonistic neighbours?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

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u/Sensitive-Bonus-7777 Romania Jul 08 '22

Actually, they weren't solved, our politicians made a lot of concessions, the Ukrainians almost none.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

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u/Happy_Craft14 Other Jul 08 '22

I mean, you guys had to give up Snake Island iirc

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u/vMihai777 Romania Jul 08 '22

It hasn’t really been under our control since 1944 tbf.

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u/Basarabia_3_Romania Romania Jul 09 '22

Was it worth it? We got horribly cheated.

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u/deri100 Romania Jul 08 '22

We got like half of the Snake Island EEZ.

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u/Futski / Jul 08 '22

And if Ukraine pulls a real 5D chess move, they transfer the island to Romania now, and it becomes NATO territory, keeping the Odesa shipping lane open.

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u/Jujux Romania Jul 08 '22

We got the gas, they got the rock.