Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Member States
The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU states (Coreper) is a body of the Council of the European Union composed of the ambassadors or permanent representatives of EU member states in Brussels. It prepares the compromises and political decisions that ministers adopt at Council meetings and coordinates EU positions across the bloc's main policy areas, including trade and external affairs. Coreper meets in two configurations — Coreper II (ambassadors) and Coreper I (deputies).
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Ukraine's Rada adopts education law needed for Hungary to unblock two EU accession clusters
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on 12 October adopted draft law No. 16119 on education in the languages of national minorities, satisfying Hungary's condition for opening the second and third negotiating clusters in Ukraine's EU accession talks. The EU's Committee of Permanent Representatives was prepared to approve the bloc's negotiating positions the same day, clearing the way for an intergovernmental conference on 13 October at which clusters 2 ("Internal Market") and 3 ("Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth") were expected to be opened.