{"id":131206,"date":"2024-06-07T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T04:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/twelve-eu-states-push-for-progress-on-ukraine-moldovas-accession-before-hungarian-presidency\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T07:30:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T04:30:44","slug":"twelve-eu-states-push-for-progress-on-ukraine-moldovas-accession-before-hungarian-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/twelve-eu-states-push-for-progress-on-ukraine-moldovas-accession-before-hungarian-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve EU states push for progress on Ukraine, Moldova\u2019s accession before Hungarian presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131206\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe twelve capitals say formal talks on both countries\u2019 EU membership bids should be convened \u2018by the end of June\u2019. Ministers from twelve EU countries have called for the next steps in Ukraine and Moldova&#8217;s EU membership bids to be opened before the end of June, when the Hungarian government of Viktor Orb\u00e1n is due to take on the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to Belgian foreign minister Hadja Lahbib, whose government currently presides over the Council, the ministers say that swift progress on both Kyiv and Chi\u0219in\u0103u&#8217;s accession process would &#8220;boost morale and further the work on reforms in these countries.&#8221; The letter, first reported on by Euractiv, was spearheaded by Czechia, according to diplomatic sources. It was also signed by foreign or European affairs ministers from Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Portugal, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Slovenia, Romania and Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst it has not officially signed the letter, France is also committed to &#8220;do everything&#8221; it can to &#8220;hold the first intergovernmental conference before the end of the month,&#8221; according to a source from the \u00c9lys\u00e9e. The twelve capitals want member states to adopt the negotiating frameworks &#8211; the roadmap for accession talks &#8211; and to kick off negotiations by convening the first intergovernmental conferences with both countries by the end of this month. Both steps require the unanimous blessing of all 27 EU member states, but according to diplomats, Hungary is currently blocking both decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova was approved in principle by the EU&#8217;s 27 countries back in December, with Hungary abstaining.But Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has consistently voiced opposition to swiftly progressing on Ukraine&#8217;s accession, citing concerns over the levels of corruption in the country and the lack of measures to protect the rights of the Hungarian minority in the border region of Transcarpathia.<\/p>\n<p>Countries waiting in line to join the bloc must implement a range of reforms, including judicial, constitutional and economic overhauls, before they can be considered ready for membership. The process is notoriously long, and has on average taken around a decade for hopeful countries.The opening of negotiations is just one in a long series of steps, all of which require the unanimous backing of current EU members.<\/p>\n<p>With Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s government due to take on the presidency of the Council of the EU from July &#8211; giving it the power to set the agenda and chair ministerial meetings &#8211; ministers are fearful that the talks could be further derailed unless Hungary concedes by the end of June. It comes as exasperation with Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s government grows as it continues to veto key decisions on military aid to Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/06\/06\/twelve-eu-states-push-for-progress-on-ukraine-moldovas-accession-before-hungarian-presiden\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/06\/06\/twelve-eu-states-push-for-progress-on-ukraine-moldovas-accession-before-hungarian-presiden\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/twelve-eu-states-push-for-progress-on-ukraine-moldovas-accession-before-hungarian-presidency\/\">Twelve EU states push for progress on Ukraine, Moldova\u2019s accession before Hungarian presidency<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,1774,14817,559],"class_list":["post-131206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-moldova","tag-twelve-eu-states","tag-ukraine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}