The assembly of the intergovernmental conference by the European Commission will be a physical start of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations, said Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine's ambassador to the EU. Source: European Pravda with reference to Ukrinform Details: Chentsov revealed that Ukraine has only one act to adopt.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not give President Volodymyr Zelensky an answer when asked why Budapest wants to block Ukraine's entry into the EU, Zelensky said at the Nordic-Ukraine Summit in Oslo on Dec. 13.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed his foreign minister's statement that Bratislava would not oppose the launch of Ukraine's accession talks during the upcoming EU summit, the Slovak news outlet Pravda reported on Dec. 13.
The EU approved accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova during Brussels conference Thursday. Hungarian Prime Minister called the decision “completely senseless, irrational and incorrect.”