Public opinion in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova 'very much pro-European' despite Russian interference

The European Union on Tuesday launched membership talks with Ukraine, a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula to deter the country from moving closer to the West, part of a chain of events that set the two neighbors on the path to war. Ukraine's accession negotiations were set in motion at an intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg. Just a few hours later, Moldova also launched its membership talks. While the events are a major milestone on their European paths, the talks could take years to conclude. As Ukraine and Moldova launch EU membership talks, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Thorniké GORDADZE, Franco-Georgian academic and researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute and Georgia's former Minister of Europe.