Hungary Set to Lift Veto on Ukraine's EU Membership Talks
Budapest says the bill would strengthen Hungarian-language schooling and could let the EU open two stalled negotiating clusters for Ukraine and Moldova.
- On October 1, The Rada registered a bill on minority-language schooling aimed at lifting Hungary's block on European Union membership talks. Education committee head Serhii Babak said the solution protects Ukrainian while meeting an EU accession commitment.
- European Pravda reports the two capitals agreed to move in parallel to restore trust, ending Budapest's recent unconditional blocking of Ukraine. This shift follows months of stalled negotiations regarding bilateral accession hurdles.
- The legislation creates a national minority school status when over one-half of pupils study in an official European Union language. Education Ministry estimates suggest this affects about 149 schools, roughly 1.2% of Ukraine's general secondary institutions.
- A Council decision is scheduled for October 13, preceding a European Council summit two days later. This timing facilitates the opening of two negotiating clusters for Ukraine's membership process on October 6.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar expects those rights honored in practice, while Foreign Minister Anita Orb said the current government achieved more for the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia in months than Viktor Orb managed in ten years.
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Hungary lifts veto on EU promotion with opening of new clusters for Ukraine - media EU ambassadors have paved the way for the start of negotiations on the single market and competitiveness<p>. Hungary has abandoned the blockade due to minority rights.</p>
Sybiha: Hungary greenlights Ukraine's negotiating positions on Internal Market and Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth clusters
Hungary has supported Ukraine's negotiating positions on two clusters regarding its accession to the European Union at the level of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has announced.
EU representatives agreed with Budapest to conduct the technical phase of the negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova ' s accession to the European Union, which Hungary has blocked since summer, as reported by the Rappporteur portal with reference to sources.
Hungary on Wednesday lifted its veto on the opening of two more chapters of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations, paving the way for further progress in Kiev's integration process. However, the next step depends on the Ukrainian parliament's approval of a law to strengthen the rights of national minorities, especially the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia. Following an agreement reached at expert level, the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna…
HUNGARY has waived its veto on two clusters in Ukraine's accession talks with the EU. Budapest will permanently lift the blockade if Kiev passes a law on minority rights, which is expected next week.
Hungary has accepted the continuation of the negotiations for Ukraine's accession to the EU and the progress of the procedures for opening clusters 2 and 3, which it has previously blocked, reports Ukraine Pravda, citing an EU source who is aware of the evolution of the negotiations.
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