The European Commission will propose opening the first ‘cluster’ of negotiating chapters on Ukraine and Moldova’s EU membership on 16 June, a senior official has told Euractiv. The Commission will table the proposal at a meeting of European ministers in Brussels in the General Affairs Council.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The timetable would allow EU leaders to approve the move at the European Council in Brussels two days later. So far, Ukraine’s accession progress has been stalled, primarily by Hungary. Viktor Orbán, the former prime minister, consistently blocked efforts to advance Ukraine’s EU bid. But after 16 years in power, he was ousted in March’s Hungarian parliamentary election. While not endorsing Ukrainian EU membership, the new Hungarian government has signaled a more measured approach. Péter Magyar, Hungary’s new prime minister, is expected in Brussels later this week and will link his support to his demands for the unlocking of European funds frozen due to breaches of EU law under Orbán’s government. In April, the EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said she expected talks on Ukraine’s first negotiating ‘cluster’ to begin once Hungary’s government transition is complete, potentially during Cyprus’s EU presidency, which runs until the end of June. The precise terms of EU membership for Ukraine and Moldova are up for grabs.