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EU enlargement chief says Ukraine’s membership ‘inevitable’ despite Hungary’s objections
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos called Ukraine's EU accession inevitable and said reforms could accelerate the process despite Hungarian objections, with accession talks advancing.
- On Wednesday, EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said she is confident Hungary will not derail Ukraine's path to membership and described accession as `inevitable`.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has opposed launching membership talks while the war continues, while Kyiv applied for EU membership in 2022 and Ukraine hopes to join by the end of the decade.
- At the western Ukraine plant, Marta Kos toured a heavily damaged thermal power plant, one of six DTEK facilities hit by Russian drone and missile attacks in recent weeks, while Andrii, a turbine operator, described heavy smoke and disorientation after a strike.
- Now, Commissioner Marta Kos is convening an informal meeting of European affairs ministers Thursday to prepare for the next stage of accession talks and said, `The quicker the reforms which are needed will be done, the quicker the process can be.`
- Amid nearly four years of war, Marta Kos, EU enlargement commissioner, praised Ukrainians' resilience and framed EU membership as a political anchor of security guarantees, noting no war has touched EU territory.
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EU enlargement chief says Ukraine’s membership 'inevitable' despite Hungary’s objections
EU enlargement chief Marta Kos says Ukraine’s EU membership is “inevitable” and has expressed confidence that Hungary will not block the country’s accession, even as Budapest objects to moving ahead during wartime.
·United States
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Budrys and the European Commissioner Discussed the Prospects for Ukraine and Moldova's Eu Membership
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys says that the integration of Ukraine and Moldova into the European Union (EU) is an important step in strengthening the continent's security. Therefore, he says, the progress of these states must be clearly enshrined in the Community's decisions.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The European Union has handed Ukraine a list of reforms needed for membership. Western values are becoming a priority in the integration process despite Hungarian
·Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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