Road to Ukraine’s integration into the EU: the European cultural policy

  • José Luis Perales García University of Deusto, Spain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced.2812
Keywords: integration, culture, Ukraine, European Union, European Political Community

Abstract

One of the immediate consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the clear recognition that Ukraine “is part of the European family.” The start of this conflict can be traced back, however, to March 2014. Shortly after the Euromaidan protests, the EU signed the Association Agreement with Ukraine in 2014, which has served to frame the neighborhood policy with this country and enable its reforms. Following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largescale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has ushered in the awakening of a more assertive geopolitical EU in a more unstable world. As a result, the EU has relaunched the accession negotiations with the Eastern Balkan countries and has admitted Ukraine and Moldova as candidates. In this context, the European Political Community was born, which could serve as a prelude to the accession of these countries to the EU. However, with no end to the war on the horizon, Ukraine could advance on the path towards it full EU integration by negotiating the chapter dedicated to culture, understanding culture in a broad sense, and benefiting from the EU programs and initiatives like any other Member State through differentiated integration.

Received: 20 April 2023
Accepted: 7 June 2023

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Author Biography

José Luis Perales García, University of Deusto, Spain

Degree in Law from the University of Barcelona. Master in East Asia (Expert in Economics and Business in East Asia) from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. PhD candidate in Leisure, Culture and Communication for Human Development from the University of Deusto. He has lecturered at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Australia. Head of Cultural Activities at the Instituto Cervantes (Warsaw, Brussels, Sydney and Beijing). President of the EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) cluster in Warsaw 2021/22. Coordinator-Deputy to the Ambassador- at-large for the Year of Spain in China 2007. Deputy Director of External Relations of the State Company for International Exhibitions. Expert/ advisor to the Asia-Pacific Directorate General during the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU (2002) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.

Published
2023-09-27
How to Cite
Perales García, José Luis. 2023. “Road to Ukraine’s Integration into the EU: The European Cultural Policy”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 69 (September), 57-94. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced.2812.
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No. 69 (2023)
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