Council of the EU Working Party on Enlargement (COELA)
The Working Party on Enlargement (COELA) is a preparatory body of the Council of the European Union that handles EU enlargement and the accession negotiations of candidate countries. It coordinates member states' positions on the progress of candidates and reviews negotiation clusters before they go to the Council.
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EU to review Ukraine's EU accession clusters 2 and 3 on 7 October
The EU Council's working group on enlargement (COELA) is set to review documents on clusters 2 and 3 of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations on Wednesday, 7 October, starting at 11:00 Kyiv time. Hungary is not expected to block the approval, and the ultimate goal is to open the clusters at an Intergovernmental Conference on 13 October.