Ukraine and the EU

On the one hand:

The European Union has told Ukraine it is not ready to join the bloc.

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told in an interview to “News in Ukraine” newspaper that Ukraine’s membership is not up for consideration at the moment. Barroso said more reforms were required before accession talks could begin.

"Ukraine is not ready and we are not ready," Mr Barroso said. "Ukraine still has reforms to do... and today in the European Union we are not ready, our member states are not ready, to assume new membership obligations," he added

From here.

While on the other:

During public hearings of a draft national space program for 2007 - 2011, Deputy Director General of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Eduard Kuznetsov said that some projects of the program might be included into the first European space program, which is presently being drafted, “Cabinet’s press office” reported.

From here.