EU Sets Stage for Ukraine and Moldova Accession Talks
EU diplomats said Hungary ended its two-year blockade, allowing Ukraine and Moldova to advance toward opening the first negotiating cluster.
- On Wednesday, Hungary lifted its two-year veto on Ukraine's European Union accession after Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced a "historic agreement" regarding the rights of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia.
- The breakthrough follows the April ouster of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose opposition had frozen the accession process, with Magyar promising to restore ties between Hungary and Ukraine.
- Diplomatic consensus among the 27 member states allows the European Union to initiate the first "cluster" of negotiating topics, covering rule of law and the judiciary, at an intergovernmental conference expected in Luxembourg on June 15 or 16.
- Magyar stated Hungary remains opposed to fast-tracked accession, noting the country would hold a referendum on membership if Ukraine "succeeds in closing all 33 accession chapters within the next 10 to 15 years."
- Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee called the move an "historic milestone," stating it sends a "clear signal that the future of both countries lies within the European Union family.
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BRUSSELS. – The European Union paved the way this week for the formal resumption of accession negotiations with Ukraine, blocked so far by Hungary, according to European officials. Representatives of the 27 EU member countries gave preliminary green light to the opening of a first group of negotiating issues with Ukraine and Moldova, which marks “an important milestone on their path to European integration,” said a Cyprus official, who holds the…
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So far, Hungary has blocked Ukraine's accession process, in particular because of the disadvantage of the Hungarian minority in the neighbouring country. Now Budapest and Kiev seem to have agreed. Prime Minister Magyar no longer wants to veto. The path for Ukraine to the European Union is to be cleared up. Because the new Hungarian government and the leadership in Kiev agreed on the rights of the approximately 100,000 Hungarian minority in Ukrai…
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