EU Agrees to Formally Open Accession Talks With Moldova and Ukraine
Hungary’s recently elected Prime Minister Peter Magyar indicated that his country’s previous objections to Ukraine joining the bloc could soon be resolved.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen attend a joint press conference in Brussels on Aug. 17, 2025. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images
The European Union has agreed to formally open talks with Ukraine and Moldova on the first cluster of issues in the accession process, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Thursday.
“Fantastic news,” she wrote on X. “We are one step closer to the EU membership: steadily moving towards our goal.”
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