Hungary Clears Path for Ukraine to Open Two More EU Accession Clusters
The move clears the way for EU negotiators to prepare positions on market and competitiveness reforms after months of Hungarian resistance.
- Hungary lifted its block on opening negotiating clusters 2 and 3, allowing Ukraine to advance in its EU accession negotiations after months of withholding consent.
- Previously, Budapest withheld consent due to a dispute concerning language and education rights of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, making it the only EU member state blocking the process in September.
- The COELA group approved screening results for both clusters, and Coreper ambassadors agreed to send letters requesting negotiating positions from Kyiv and Moldova.
- EU member states could approve negotiating positions by October 12, 2026, enabling a Ukraine-EU intergovernmental conference on October 13, 2026, to formally open clusters 2 and 3.
- Following the opening of the Fundamentals cluster in June, officials noted that remaining procedural steps could now move quickly toward Ukraine's full EU integration.
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Hungary has given the green light within the framework of COREPER for the negotiating positions on two clusters of the process of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. These are Cluster 2 “Internal Market” and Cluster 3 “Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth”, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Szybiga announced. “The process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU is progressing step by step. Ukraine and Hungary are taking steps towards each other …
Hungary has agreed to open two additional negotiation clusters for Ukraine's EU accession.
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