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Twenty-six EU member states can open Ukraine's accession negotiation clusters without Hungary – Ukrainian official
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Minister of Justice, Olha Stefanishyna, has stated that opening negotiation clusters for Ukraine's accession to the European Union requires the votes of only 26 EU member states – Hungary's support is not essential.
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Ukraine says EU accession talks can proceed without Hungary’s consent
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration says that negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union can begin without the support of Hungary, as only 26 members are needed to start the talks.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina said that none of the founding documents of the European Union provides for the right of an individual member state to block the actual opening of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU.
The process of joining the European Union is not a competition between candidate countries, but a matter of fulfilling criteria and political will. However, despite the fact that some countries have been waiting for the start of negotiations for decades, Ukraine is showing rapid progress and is actively adapting to EU standards. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to an interview with the European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta K…
Lasya Kallas, the EU's foreign policy representative, also hinted that they would wait until the next election to apply the Article 7 procedure, because there is hope that an agreement can be reached on these issues with the new prime minister who will replace Orbán, reports BNE Intellinews. International newspaper review.
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