EU accession: Hungary has once again blocked opening of two clusters for Ukraine
Hungary has once again blocked progress in the negotiations between Ukraine and Moldova on accession to the European Union. At a meeting of the EU Council’s working group on Tuesday, 10 November, Budapest refused to approve the findings of the assessment for two negotiation clusters.
According to Censor.NET, this is reported by "European Truth", citing its own sources.
Budapest has once again blocked two negotiation clusters
During a meeting of the EU Council’s Working Party on Enlargement (COELA), Hungary did not support the approval of the screening results for Clusters 4 and 5 for Ukraine.
"No change," was how one EU diplomat described Budapest’s stance on the opening of the last two clusters.
The same decision applies to Moldova. The results of the audit in these two areas were not approved for Moldova either.
- Cluster 4 is entitled ‘Green Agenda and Sustainable Interconnectivity’, whilst Cluster 5 is entitled ‘Resources, Agriculture and Cohesion Policy’. These remain the last outstanding clusters in Ukraine and Moldova’s negotiations on EU accession.
Hungary attributes the delay to the examination of documents
Earlier, Vsevolod Chentsov, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, stated that Hungary is not currently making any new demands regarding the rights of national minorities.
According to him, Budapest attributes the delay to the need to examine the documents relating to the relevant areas of negotiation in greater detail.
Incidentally, Marta Kos, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, stated on the Moldovan television channel TV8 that Moldova could join the EU sooner than Ukraine.
