Hungary excluded the clause on accelerated admission of Ukraine to the EU

The clause on the accelerated admission of Ukraine to the EU has been excluded from the final document of the first day of the EU summit due to Hungary, said Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar.

"Over the course of several weeks, the final text was significantly revised based on Hungarian proposals. In addition, regarding the process of Ukraine's accession to the EU, at the last moment at my initiative, the clause on accelerating accession was removed from the text. This was not easy," Magyar wrote on the social network Facebook.

The Hungarian prime minister noted that for the first time in a year and a half, the final statement was supported by all 27 countries.

In early June, Magyar stated that Budapest, after an agreement with Kiev on the return of rights to Transcarpathian Hungarians, would not hinder the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. At the same time, Hungary is still against the accelerated accession of any country, including Ukraine, to the EU and adheres to an approach "based on merits," he emphasized.

Source: RIA Novosti