{"id":4278,"date":"2025-06-27T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:29:48","slug":"eu-state-blocks-accession-talks-with-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/eu-state-blocks-accession-talks-with-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"EU state blocks accession talks with Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungary has vetoed a joint EU statement ordering the start of negotiations with Kiev on membership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hungary has vetoed a joint EU statement on Ukraine at the bloc\u2019s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, effectively blocking Kiev\u2019s accession talks, according to a communique published on Thursday on the European Council\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

The statement, which urged the council to open membership negotiations with Ukraine, was \u201cfirmly supported by 26 heads of state\u201d<\/em> out of 27 EU members, the document read. As unanimous approval is required, talks cannot begin until Hungary reverses its stance. The communique noted that the council will revisit the issue at its next meeting in October.<\/p>\n

While the document did not name Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed the veto in comments to reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stopped Ukraine\u2019s EU accession with the votes of Voks2025, and I needed it, because I was almost swept away by the public anger when I announced that Hungary would not agree to start negotiations with Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> Orban said, referencing the national referendum which concluded on June 20. More than 2 million Hungarians, or 95% of voters, rejected Ukraine\u2019s EU bid, according to the prime minister.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had to remind [the council] that the most important criterion [for accession] is that there is in fact a country,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cThere must be a defined identity, borders, a population, a territory, and in the case of Ukraine, none of these apply.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ukraine made EU accession a national priority in 2019, formally applying in 2022 shortly after the escalation of its conflict with Russia. The EU granted Kiev candidate status later that year and set a 2030 target for membership.<\/p>\n

While Brussels supports the move, critics argue that Ukraine\u2019s institutions and economy are unprepared, and the cost would strain the bloc. Budapest opposes EU membership for Ukraine, warning it could escalate tensions with Russia and burden EU taxpayers with decades of military aid. Alongside Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Polish officials have raised concerns. A recent IBRiS poll shows only 35% of Poles support Ukraine\u2019s EU bid, down from 85% in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Moscow strongly opposes Ukraine joining NATO, but had previously taken a neutral stance on its EU ambitions, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying in March that Ukraine has the \u201csovereign right\u201d<\/em> to join if the bloc remains focused on economics. However, with Brussels ramping up defense spending, Russian officials have recently grown critical. Peskov earlier this week called EU militarization \u201crabid,\u201d<\/em> while former President Dmitry Medvedev said the bloc has become \u201cno less of a threat\u201d<\/em> to Russia than NATO.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a politicized, globalist, and fiercely Russophobic organization,\u201d<\/em> Medvedev wrote on Telegram on Wednesday. \u201cThus, the so-called \u2018Ukraine in the EU\u2019 is a danger to our country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hungary has vetoed a joint EU statement ordering the start of negotiations with Kiev on membership Hungary has vetoed a joint EU statement on Ukraine at the bloc\u2019s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, effectively blocking Kiev\u2019s accession talks, according to a communique published on Thursday on the European Council\u2019s website. The statement, which urged the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4282,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278\/revisions\/4282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}