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European Council Opens EU Accession Negotiations With Ukraine/Moldova

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European Council President Charles Michel has confirmed that the European Council has voted to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova and granted candidate status to Georgia.

  • Michel: "The European Council has decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine & Moldova. "[European Council] granted candidate status to Georgia. And the EU will open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is reached and has invited the commission to report by March with a view to taking such a decision. A clear signal of hope for their people and for our continent."
  • Laurence Norman at the Wall Street Journal reports on X that, according to sources, "Hungary abstained" on the vote, following an EU campaign to overturn a veto threated by Budapest.

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