The EU has broad support for starting accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova by the end of June. Almost all EU member states support this initiative, but Hungary demands changes to the text regarding Ukraine.
The demands concern the rights of national minorities, trade, anti-corruption efforts, and other aspects. Currently, diplomats are analyzing the European Commission’s proposed negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova. Today, there is widespread support in the EU for the initiative to hold the first intergovernmental conferences and to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova by the end of June. EU ambassadors are currently analyzing the European Commission’s proposed negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova.
A senior EU official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the correspondent of Channel 24 in Brussels. The source notes that almost all EU member states support this idea. The EU is preparing to start accession negotiations with Ukraine The European Union has expressed broad support for holding the first intergovernmental conferences and opening accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova by the end of June. Almost all EU member states support this initiative.
Currently, EU ambassadors are analyzing the European Commission’s proposed negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova.
However, according to the source, one member country, namely Hungary, has demanded significant changes to the text regarding Ukraine
- In particular, this concerns the rights of national minorities, trade, anti-corruption efforts, agriculture, the internal market, and good neighborly relations, – said a diplomat familiar with the course of the negotiations. At this stage, experts will continue to work on the proposals.
- The senior EU official hopes that a consensus will be reached among the EU ambassadors soon. What are Hungary’s latest statements about Ukraine?
- The Hungarian government explained its position on creating a multi-year support fund for Ukraine in an email, stating that such support could bring NATO closer to the conflict. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, seeking to gain the support of far-right voters ahead of the European Parliament elections in June, has been critical of Ukraine and the EU.
- Orban stated that the West is “one step away from deploying troops to Ukraine” and emphasized that he would not allow Budapest to be drawn into the possible deployment of Western troops in Ukraine.”
