Estonia was, in the words of EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen, the "Musterknabe"

It took us 1997 - 2004 from candidacy to membership.
RT @POLITICOEurope: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has a tight two-year timetable for securing EU membership.

The problem? No one within the EU thinks this is realistic. https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-eu-membership-two-years-prime-minister-denys-shmyhal/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1619953455283736578