Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he secured the removal of a clause on accelerating Ukraine’s EU accession from the European Council summit conclusions after four hours of intense debate. Writing on X, Magyar said the first agenda item of the summit was closed only after the Ukraine section of the final document was reduced to previously agreed language.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. He said the text had been “significantly refined based on a Hungarian proposal” during weeks of drafting. “Additionally, regarding Ukraine’s EU accession process, at my initiative, a clause referring to accelerating accession was removed from the text at the very last moment. It wasn’t easy,” he wrote. Magyar also said the outcome of the summit marked a rare moment of consensus among member states. “For the first time in a year and a half, there can be a closing declaration accepted by all member states,” he added. He framed the result as a matter of political method rather than confrontation: “That’s how it can be done, if someone comes not just to flip tables and sow fear, but strives to find a compromise.” Despite the removal of the fast-track wording, the European Council conclusions still confirm continued support for Ukraine’s EU path. Leaders “welcome the holding of the Intergovernmental Conference on the accession of Ukraine to the European Union and the opening of the fundamentals cluster on 15 June 2026,” and express expectations for further steps “in line with the merit-based approach.”