OREANDA-NEWS The European Union may split if Ukraine is granted membership. This opinion was expressed by Bloomberg columnist Andreas Kluth.

According to him, this can happen in case Moldova, Georgia, Albania, Northern Macedonia and other states standing in line will join the EU. Kluth is sure that there's no hurry with their membership.

He called the increasing number of institutions and commissioners, the "Babylonian chaos" of languages, traditions and national interests the least problems. Kluth stressed that the outdated treaties of the European Union do not correspond to reality, also the EU has no mechanism for excluding "misguided" members.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for joining the European Union on February 28, and in May the European Commission received a completed application form from Kiev to start negotiations. The EC is currently preparing an expert opinion for EU member states.