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EU Plans Pre-Membership Benefits for Candidates, But Kyiv Rejects ‘Membership-Lite’
The European Commission proposes offering candidate countries early economic benefits like funding and partial market access to encourage reforms before full EU membership. Ukraine rejects 'membership-lite' arrangements as substitutes for full accession, despite political support for its EU membership.
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