Coreper (Committee of Permanent Representatives)
Coreper (Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU member states) is the body through which the ambassadors or permanent representatives of the EU's member states work together. It prepares the agenda for meetings of the Council of the EU and acts as an intermediary between national capitals and the Union's institutions, brokering compromises on legislative and policy files before ministers decide. Coreper operates in two formations: Coreper II, comprising the ambassadors themselves, and Coreper I, comprising their deputies, with the variant arrangement covering foreign affairs.
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Ukraine's parliament adopts minority-education law demanded by Hungary, clearing path to two more EU accession clusters
On 12 October 2026, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law expanding educational rights for national minorities and indigenous peoples — the change Hungary had demanded in exchange for unblocking two EU accession negotiation clusters. Hungary's foreign minister confirmed Budapest will agree to opening clusters 2 "Internal Market" and 3 "Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth" at a Ukraine–EU intergovernmental conference planned for 13 October in Luxembourg, where the EU's Coreper had already signalled readiness to approve the negotiation positions.