Politics The EC will open European integration negotiation clusters with Ukraine this 12 months, regardless of Hungary’s obstruction. Thursday, March 20, 2025

The European Fee plans to start the primary cluster of negotiations concerning Ukraine’s EU accession this 12 months however acknowledges that it’ll require the unanimity of all member states.

EC consultant Guillaume Mercier acknowledged: “Enlargement will stay a precedence for the EC. Ukraine is confidently shifting in direction of EU accession.”

The screening of Ukrainian laws for compliance with European regulation will proceed till the autumn of this 12 months.

“Offered that each one essential situations are met, the fee appears to be like ahead to opening the primary cluster as quickly as attainable in 2025,” Mercier added.

In the meantime, Polish Minister for EU Affairs Adam Szlapka, whose nation holds the EU presidency for the primary half of the 12 months, talked about that each the EC and Poland are ready to provoke the primary negotiation clusters with Ukraine, however Hungary remains to be hindering these efforts.

Excessive-ranking diplomats from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia urged Brussels to speed up the EU accession course of for Ukraine, given Kyiv’s vital progress in reform.