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Hungary refused to approve the screening results of the fourth and fifth negotiating clusters within Ukraine's EU membership negotiations during a corresponding discussion in the EU Council Working Group on Enlargement (COELA), which took place 20 in October in Brussels. This was reported by European Pravda, citing several EU diplomats familiar with the meeting.
The interviewees did not specify which arguments the Hungarian representative voiced when announcing the refusal to approve the screening results.
The fourth cluster, "Green agenda and interdependence of policies" covers transport, energy, trans-European networks, environment and climate change, and the fifth cluster, "Resources, agriculture and cohesion policy" covers agriculture, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fishing, as well as financial and budgetary provisions.
Earlier, 13 in October, the EU opened negotiations with Ukraine on two clusters—Cluster 2 "Internal Market" and Cluster 3 "Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth". This was possible after Hungary "gave the green light". In September, Hungary remained the only EU country stating a separation between Ukraine and Moldova in the EU accession process and blocked Kyiv's further progress, even though two negotiating clusters had already been opened for Ukraine. Budapest explained its position as allegedly protecting the rights of the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia. 12 in October, the Verkhovna Rada supported the bill on national minorities, which Hungary demanded.
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