Published on
09/09/2026 - 11:02 GMT+2
According to reports in the Ukrainian press, once again no progress has been made in Ukraine’s EU accession process, after Hungarian diplomats declined to support the opening of new clusters at negotiations on Tuesday. Cluster 2 contains rules related to the EU’s internal market, while cluster 3 concerns competition regulations.
Hungary did not exercise the same veto over Moldova, whose accession is being handled jointly with Ukraine, paving the way for cluster 3 to be opened on that front. However, the other member states do not want to change their earlier decision that Ukraine’s and Moldova’s EU accession processes should move forward in parallel.
The Hungarian government is tying any further progress in Ukraine’s EU accession process to the pledged settlement of the rights of the Hungarian minorities in Ukraine. The government in Budapest made this clear last week as well, when it again voted no on this issue.
