Exclusive: Hungary, Bulgaria, water down ambition on Ukraine's EU membership bid
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Ukraine's request for membership of NATO no longer advances on the criterion "as soon as possible", according to the latest draft of the document that the Heads of State will sign at the European Council in Brussels from 15-16 October. This amendment was made following pressure from Bulgaria and Hungary, reports Kyiv Independent. Before ...
The reference to the opening "as soon as possible of new stages in Ukraine's accession negotiations to the European Union has been removed from a draft of the conclusions of the Brussels summit. The amendment would have been requested by Bulgaria and Hungary and also appears in the passage dedicated to the Republic of Moldova.
Exclusive: Hungary, Bulgaria, water down ambition on Ukraine's EU membership bid
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Ukraine's EU membership bid does not need to advance "as soon as possible" anymore, according to the latest draft conclusions of the Oct. 15-16 summit of EU leaders in Brussels, due to pressure from Bulgaria and Hungary. Ahead of each summit, common conclusions are prepared in advance by the 27 EU countries, and can keep changing until the end of the gathering. In the draft conclusions dated Oct. 13, the text read "The Europe…
The updated draft conclusions of the EU summit on October 15-16 removed the word “as soon as possible” regarding the opening of the remaining negotiating clusters for Ukraine and Moldova.
Hungary and Bulgaria intervened to eliminate from the conclusions of the European summit of 15-16 October the formulation by which the leaders of the European Union supported the acceleration of accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. Hungary and Bulgaria halted the accession of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the European Union The amendment was made just one day before the meeting of the European Union.
Hungary and Bulgaria intervened to eliminate from the conclusions of the European summit of 15-16 October the formulation by which the leaders of the European Union supported the acceleration of accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. The amendment was made just one day before the Brussels meeting, although the two candidate countries made significant progress in the process of European integration.
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