On Tuesday, November 10, at a meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Enlargement (COELA), Hungary again refused to approve the screening results of clusters 4 and 5 in the framework of Ukraine's accession negotiations with the European Union, which would have allowed progress towards opening these clusters. This became known from own sources in the EU, according to Європейська правда.
Hungary continues to refuse to give permission for the opening of clusters 4 and 5 for Ukraine.
"Without changes", – reported one of the interlocutors of "European Pravda" from among EU diplomats, commenting on Hungary's position regarding the opening of the last two negotiating clusters.
Also, the screening results of clusters 4 and 5 for Moldova were not approved.
Clusters 4 "Green agenda and sustainable connectivity" and 5 "Resources, agriculture and cohesion policy" remain the last two unopened clusters in the negotiations of Ukraine and Moldova on EU accession.
At the same time, as explained on November 4 by Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Vsevolod Chentsov, Hungary has not yet put forward new demands regarding the rights of national minorities. According to him, Budapest explains the delay by the need for additional study of the documents on the relevant negotiation chapters.
Meanwhile, the European Commission states that Moldova can catch up with Montenegro, which this year is completing negotiations on EU accession, already in 2027, if it maintains the current pace of reforms.
Also recall that the EU in its "roadmaps" acknowledged that Moldova has overtaken Ukraine on the path to accession.
