EU forges ahead with membership for Ukraine and Moldova after Orbán’s exit

Tamara Ceaikovski

AYIA NAPA, Cyprus — Ukraine and Moldova will be able to move forward with the process of joining the EU following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s election defeat, diplomats and officials said, ending a four-year stalemate over their applications. The two countries have seen their path to membership delayed after being granted candidate status in 2022, with Orbán vetoing the formal initiation of negotiating “clusters” — the groups of reforms and undertakings candidate countries have to

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