Hungary's current position on blocking Ukraine's accession to the European Union due to the issue of national minorities does not affect the possible opening of accession negotiations in December 2023.
This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba during a briefing in Brussels.
According to the head of the department, it is no secret that the issue of national minorities is fundamentally promoted by Hungary and precisely from the Hungarian point of view.
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– But let's solve problems as they arise. “I emphasize once again that we now see that we are approaching a decision by the European Council on the opening of negotiations on Ukraine’s membership in the European Union in December,” he added.
He noted that each EU member state “will try to play out the situation” with further expansion of the EU “in one way or another in its own interests.”
Let us remind you that Budapest threatens to block the start of negotiations with Kiev on accession to the EU at the summit in December until the law on language in education is repealed. Advisor to Viktor Orban called the law “unbearable” for the life of Hungarians in Ukraine.
According to Bloomberg, the European Commission will likely recommend that member states begin formal negotiations after completing reforms and adopting legislation on minorities, anti-corruption, as well as “deoligarchization” and lobbying.
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