Hopes held by Ukraine and its supporters within the EU, including among member states, for the swift opening of negotiating clusters have not been confirmed by the EU summit's decision.
Source: documents available to European Pravda and its sources in Brussels
Details: Despite Ukraine's expectations (which still remain unchanged) that the EU would be able to open the remaining five accession negotiating clusters in July, this position could not be secured in the decision of the EU summit taking place in Brussels.
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The summit's adopted conclusions on Ukraine mention the need to open further clusters, but in an extremely conservative format. "The European Council welcomes… the opening on 15 June 2026 of the Fundamentals cluster and looks forward to the opening of further clusters following a merit-based approach," the decision states.
