Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Zelenskyy on social media
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine has met the requirements to open all the negotiating clusters in its EU accession talks despite being at war, and that therefore he hopes Poland and Hungary will not block the country's European integration despite the ongoing disputes and strained relations.
Source: Zelenskyy at a press conference with the prime minister of Ireland, which took over the presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy was asked how Ukraine will try to persuade Hungary, whose prime minister Péter Magyar is sceptical about rapid EU accession for Ukraine, and Poland, with which a dispute over history has intensified, to support the opening of the remaining five clusters in negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union.
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