Vienna is presently opposed to starting talks on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said during a parliamentary session of the National Council’s EU Affairs Committee on Dec. 11.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said that at the upcoming summit, if EU leaders do not "give the green light" to Ukraine's negotiations on joining the EU, it will have a "devastating" impact on Ukraine and the EU. EU leaders will meet on the 14th and 15th to decide whether to start Ukraine's accession negotiations. The European Commission has set seven reforms that Ukraine needs to complete before starting negotiations, including tackling corruption and curbing the power of oligarchs. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes the EU's proposal to start relevant negotiations is "groundless and ill-prepared"
Ukraine is set to make pivotal decisions paving the way for talks on European Union accession by year's end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told G7 leaders at an online summit.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appears determined to derail the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine to the European Union, calling it "poorly prepared" on X (Twitter) on Dec. 3.
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