US EditionEU enlargement chief says Ukraine’s membership ‘inevitable’ despite Hungary’s objections
The EU and Ukraine agreed on a 10-point action plan focusing on anti-corruption and rule-of-law reforms to advance accession despite Hungary's veto, said EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos.
- On Wednesday, EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said she is confident Hungary will not derail Ukraine's path to membership and described accession as `inevitable`.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has opposed launching membership talks while the war continues, while Kyiv applied for EU membership in 2022 and Ukraine hopes to join by the end of the decade.
- At the western Ukraine plant, Marta Kos toured a heavily damaged thermal power plant, one of six DTEK facilities hit by Russian drone and missile attacks in recent weeks, while Andrii, a turbine operator, described heavy smoke and disorientation after a strike.
- Now, Commissioner Marta Kos is convening an informal meeting of European affairs ministers Thursday to prepare for the next stage of accession talks and said, `The quicker the reforms which are needed will be done, the quicker the process can be.`
- Amid nearly four years of war, Marta Kos, EU enlargement commissioner, praised Ukrainians' resilience and framed EU membership as a political anchor of security guarantees, noting no war has touched EU territory.
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EU pushes Ukraine membership bid forward despite Hungary's objections
The European Union on Thursday handed Ukraine a long list of reforms needed to join the bloc, determined to push the process forward despite the ongoing war and objections from EU member Hungary. Top EU officials and diplomats meeting in Lviv, in western Ukraine, said a list of demands covering roughly half of the required reforms would allow progress while formal negotiations remain blocked by Budapest. EU membership has become the central goal…
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