Hungary Set to Lift Veto on Ukraine's EU Membership Talks
Budapest unblocked technical steps for clusters 2 and 3, but final approval still depends on Ukraine passing a minority-rights bill, officials said.
- Hungary lifted its block on opening negotiating clusters 2 and 3, allowing Ukraine to advance in EU accession negotiations after months of withholding consent.
- Previously, Budapest withheld consent due to a dispute over language and education rights concerning the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, making it the sole EU member state blocking the process in September.
- The COELA group approved screening results for both clusters, and Coreper ambassadors agreed to request negotiating positions from Kyiv and Moldova.
- EU member states could approve negotiating positions as early as October 12, 2026, with a Ukraine-EU intergovernmental conference potentially occurring on October 13, 2026, to formally open the clusters.
- Since opening the Fundamentals cluster in June covering democratic institutions and rule of law, Ukraine's accession process has accelerated; remaining procedural steps could now advance rapidly.
77 Articles
77 Articles
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 …
The Hungarian authorities lifted Budapest's earlier veto on negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, effectively unblocking the technical preparations for the next stage of this process. This decision by Budapest will also make it possible to advance negotiations on Moldova's European integration, since the processes related to these
Hungary lifts veto on EU promotion with opening of new clusters for Ukraine - media EU ambassadors have paved the way for the start of negotiations on the single market and competitiveness<p>. Hungary has abandoned the blockade due to minority rights.</p>
Sybiha: Hungary greenlights Ukraine's negotiating positions on Internal Market and Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth clusters
Hungary has supported Ukraine's negotiating positions on two clusters regarding its accession to the European Union at the level of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has announced.
EU representatives agreed with Budapest to conduct the technical phase of the negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova ' s accession to the European Union, which Hungary has blocked since summer, as reported by the Rappporteur portal with reference to sources.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 44% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
