
"Regarding Ukraine's EU accession process, at the last minute, at my initiative, the clause on accelerating the accession process was removed from the text. This was not easy," he wrote on Facebook.
In early June, Mr. Magyar declared that Budapest, having reached an agreement with Kyiv on restoring the rights of Hungarians in Transcarpathia, would not hinder the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. He also stressed that Hungary remains opposed to accelerating the EU accession process of any country, including Ukraine, and adheres to a "competency-based" approach.
Last Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that all EU countries had agreed to begin substantive negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova's accession to the union.
The EU granted candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova in June 2022. However, the EU acknowledged that this was largely a symbolic decision, aimed at supporting Kyiv and Chisinau in their confrontation with Moscow. In June 2024, the first intergovernmental conferences between these two countries and the European Union were held in Luxembourg, launching accession negotiations. These steps did not necessarily mean acceptance into the bloc and did not bind Brussels to anything: they merely marked the beginning of a rather lengthy accession process.
Türkiye has had candidate status since 1999, North Macedonia since 2005, Montenegro since 2010, and Serbia since 2012. Croatia was the last to join the EU, in 2013; the process took 10 years.
Source: https://danviet.vn/hungary-tan-cong-ukraine-vao-phut-cuoi-d1436328.html









