The European Commission decided on Dec. 13 to unblock 10.2 billion euros ($11 billion) in EU cohesion funds for Hungary, a part of the sum blocked due to the rule of law concerns.The decision comes just one day ahead of a European Council summit, where…
European officials are assuming that the chances of Ukraine getting the green light for EU membership negotiations are low, given that Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, intends to block the EU leaders’ decision.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not give President Volodymyr Zelensky an answer when asked why Budapest wants to block Ukraine’s entry into the EU, Zelensky said at the Nordic-Ukraine Summit in Oslo on Dec. 13. Zelensky and Orban were seen ta…
Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain, has stated that he hopes to start the negotiations about the expansion of the EU with Ukraine by 31 December, when the chairmanship of Spain in the EU Council ends.
Source: European Pravda with reference to Reute…
Leaders of the largest European political groups plan to urge Brussels not to unfreeze billions of euros for Hungary until the country completely solves its problems with the rule of law.
Source: the draft letter received by Politico, as reported by Eu…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged on Dec. 13 Ukraine’s efforts on the path toward EU membership, praising Kyiv’s most recent reforms.The statement comes only a day before the start of the two-day European Council summit, w…
Hungary is open to unblocking a huge EU funding package for Ukraine in exchange for releasing EU funding for Budapest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s political advisor told Bloomberg on Dec. 12. With EU budget discussions ongoing, Hungary rema…
Balázs Orbán, a political advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister, has said that Budapest is ready to lift its veto on the approval of €50 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine if the EU unfreezes all of Hungary’s funds from its reserves.
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Having assessed the progress of Ukraine’s reforms, Slovakia is “ready to support the opening of accession negotiations,” Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said in Brussels on Dec. 12. The statement comes days before a European Council summit on Dec….
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban responded on Dec. 12 to an appeal from the Hungarian community in Ukraine, asking him to support EU membership talks with Kyiv.The letter from Hungarians in Ukraine came shortly before the EU talks on Dec. 14-15, d…