Since when did EU membership become a pity prize?
Exactly my thoughts. We were grinded for years to earn membership.
But its all virtue posturing from Brussels anyway.
The EU Parliament has 720 members and was agreed upon a long time ago that there wont be any more seats.
The reason being that having 720 seats are already ridiculous.
The seats are distributed by the population of each country.
Afaik Ukraine still has 40 million people according to the latest census.
Poland with a simmilar population has 53 seats in the Parliament.
Do you think there is 53 dickhead in that parliament who will willingly give up their seats? just to pity the Hohols?
I dont think so. This is probably the same reason why Turkey was never considered a real candidate.
EU extension works as long as you only accept small countries.