On Friday, 7 June, the European Commission will present EU ambassadors with an oral assessment of Moldova and Ukraine’s progress in European integration reforms. Radio Liberty’s editor for European affairs, Rikard Jozwiak, announced it on social network X (formerly Twitter).
the 🇪🇺 Commission will on Friday give EU ambs an oral update on 🇺🇦🇲🇩 progress on accession reforms. Both countries expected to get positive remarks but 🇭🇺 likely to be skeptical over 🇺🇦.hope is still that both countries will start accession talks end of June but clock is ticking
— Rikard Jozwiak (@RikardJozwiak) June 5, 2024
Recall, that Hungary, at a meeting of EU ambassadors on 29 May, blocked the approval of the draft negotiating framework on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union because of the national minority rights.
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Politico reported that negotiations for Moldova and Ukraine’s EU membership could begin on 25 June. It notes that the EU leaders work to persuade Hungary to give the green light to the process.