Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received very good news from Brussels this Wednesday. Hungary has formally withdrawn the veto it had maintained for the past two years on Kyiv’s request to join the EU, which will allow the opening of the first chapter of negotiations in a key breakthrough that occurred unexpectedly during a routine meeting of ambassadors in the community capital.
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Without the Hungarian veto, the necessary unanimity has been achieved for this key step in the accession negotiations, which will also serve Moldova, as both requests were handled together. “This positive advance sends a strong message of unity and determination,” said a spokesperson from Cyprus, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council until July.
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The step came after the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, considered Vladimir Putin’s best friend on the continent. It is another pro-European gesture from his successor, Péter Magyar, who has launched a new phase in relations with Kyiv by announcing a comprehensive agreement “on the expansion of the linguistic, educational, cultural, and political rights of the Hungarian minority, which has 100,000 members,” the condition under which he lifted his reservations.
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