EU Council Working Party on Enlargement
The Working Party on Enlargement is a preparatory body of the Council of the European Union that handles questions related to the accession of new states to the EU and the negotiation process on the chapters of the acquis. It reviews negotiating clusters, examines candidates' compliance with membership criteria, and prepares decisions for the General Affairs Council.
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Hungary's Magyar ties support for Ukraine's EU accession to minority rights deal
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on 3 September that Budapest will only back further progress in Ukraine's EU accession talks if a bilateral agreement on Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine is implemented. His comments came as Ukraine said it had met the conditions to open the second and third negotiating clusters, and as the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, unanimously adopted a statement condemning Soviet-era crimes in Transcarpathia.