Permanent representatives of the European Union countries agreed in principle to start negotiations on the admission of Moldova and Ukraine to the EU on June 25. This was announced by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council on the social network X. TASS.
“The Belgian Presidency will convene the first intergovernmental conferences on June 25,” Brussels said.
Before this reportedHe said Brussels plans to accelerate membership talks with Ukraine by July 1, before Hungary presides over the community.
It was announced that the EU is concerned about Oliver Várhelyi, the Hungarian commissioner responsible for the expansion of the community. He insists that Kiev has failed to fulfill its obligations to protect the rights of ethnic minorities, including Transcarpathian Hungarians.
The article states that “Várhelyi will not try to admit Ukraine into the EU too quickly.”
Another official said the commissioner was like “a fox allowed into the chicken coop.”
Before that, Lloyd Austin, head of the US Department of Defense statedNATO will not expand in the near future.
happened before known About the possibility of EU expansion to nine countries.