Ukraine moves closer to EU accession after Hungary deal
Key takeaways
- Budapest will likely drop its veto on Kyiv joining the EU after reaching a deal on rights for Ukraine's ethnic Hungarian minority.
- The deal will boost Ukraine's longstanding bid to join the EU, with Budapest saying it would drop a veto by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Kyiv's accession to the bloc if an agreement were reached.
- Kyiv has been pressing to be allowed to join the EU partly to bolster its security as it fights against the full-scale Russian invasion launched in 2022.
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Budapest will likely drop its veto on Kyiv joining the EU after reaching a deal on rights for Ukraine's ethnic Hungarian minority. But it remains opposed to Ukraine's accession being fast-tracked.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Ep0x Ukraine has a sizable Hungarian majority in its Transcarpathia region Image: Hanna Sokolova-Stekh/DWAdvertisement Hungary and Ukraine on Wednesday reached an agreement on the rights of Ukraine's ethnic Hungarian minority, an issue that has long strained relations between the two countries.
The deal will boost Ukraine's longstanding bid to join the EU, with Budapest saying it would drop a veto by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Kyiv's accession to the bloc if an agreement were reached.