Poland and France have denied blocking the opening of negotiation clusters for Ukraine in the EU
Ricard Jozwiak, an editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, stated that Poland and France had objected to his report, which discussed their alleged position on opening negotiation chapters with Ukraine within the EU.
He wrote about this on social media.
According to him, there is currently no agreed-upon position within the European Union regarding the number of clusters that may be opened in June. He had previously reported that France and Poland allegedly oppose opening more than one “Fundamentals” cluster.
In a previous post, the journalist also noted that there are political concerns in France related to the domestic election campaign, during which the issue of EU enlargement could become a sensitive one.
Following the response from official representatives of the two countries, Jozwiak emphasized that their position had been refuted, adding: “We’ll see what happens in June.”
The next major summit of EU leaders is expected to take place on June 18–19 in Brussels, where one of the key topics will be the issue of Ukraine’s further progress in the negotiation process regarding EU membership.
There is currently no consensus within the European Union regarding the number of accession negotiation chapters that Ukraine will be able to open at the summit in June. France and Poland are the main opponents of rapid progress, proposing to limit the opening to only the “Foundations” cluster instead of all six, as Kyiv seeks.
The EU must open the first negotiation cluster with Ukraine as soon as possible — Koshta.
Hungary’s future Prime Minister Péter Magyar held talks with representatives of the European Union. The parties discussed the prospects for opening negotiation clusters as part of Ukraine’s EU accession process.
