Péter Magyar
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Hungary's Magyar ties Ukraine's EU accession progress to minority rights implementation
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on 3 September that Budapest will support Ukraine's EU accession only if the standard procedure is followed and agreed-upon requirements are met, linking Hungary's position to the implementation of a bilateral agreement on Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine. Magyar also criticized the idea of accelerated accession, arguing that a country at war is "not ready" for EU membership. Ukrainian sources counter that Ukraine has fulfilled the conditions to open the second and third negotiating clusters, and that the minority rights issues Hungary cites belong to the already-opened first cluster.
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Hungary to keep granting asylum to Ukrainian military-age men, diverging from EU policy
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that Hungary will continue granting asylum to Ukrainian men of military age fleeing to Hungary, primarily ethnic Hungarians from Transcarpathia. The move sets Budapest apart from an EU decision that restricts temporary protection for such men who have problems with their military registration documents.