Ukraine Deserves Fast EU Membership ‘More than Anyone,' Zelenskyy Says
Hungary pushed to delete wording calling for faster talks as Ukraine seeks to open the remaining five EU accession clusters by July.
- On Thursday, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar insisted that the European Council water down final Summit conclusions, removing language calling for acceleration of Ukraine's accession process.
- Magyar, who previously suggested Ukraine might join in 15 years, emphasized that Kyiv must adopt all rules without cutting corners, according to European diplomats who confirmed his push for the change.
- Three days before the Summit in Brussels, the European Council opened the first of six enlargement clusters for Ukraine and Moldova, serving as to-do lists for their accession requirements.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky left the meeting early, then told journalists, "We deserve it, and we will not give up."
- Comparing himself to predecessor Viktor Orban, Magyar presented the compromise as better representation for Hungary, saying, "That's how it can be done, if someone comes not just to flip tables and sow fear, but strives to find a compromise.
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Hungary has defused a formulation on Ukraine's accession at the EU summit in Brussels. Kiev continues to press for rapid progress in the negotiations.
Zelenskyy urges opening remaining negotiation clusters on Ukraine's accession to EU before end of Cyprus presidency
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that every democratic state in Europe deserves to be a full member of the European Union, and emphasized that Ukraine is actively working to achieve this.
At the initiative of the Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar, a reference to the acceleration of Ukraine's accession to the EU was last removed from the final document of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Union, said the Budapest Executive in a Facebook post on Thursday evening, MTI recorded.
However, in a previous draft, the conclusions emphasized the opening of the rest of the negotiating blocs "as soon as possible." More information: Ukrainian drones unleash chaos and flood Moscow with black smoke: the attack on a refinery leaves 17 wounded
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