EU Opens New Accession Negotiation Clusters with Ukraine and Moldova
The European Union advanced membership talks with both nations, opening negotiations on two policy clusters with Moldova while Ukraine met minority-language conditions.
The European Union has opened negotiations on two new accession chapter clusters with Ukraine and Moldova, media outlets G4Media and Telex reported.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced that the talks opened in Luxembourg focus on the internal market as well as competitiveness and inclusive growth. According to Sandu, Moldova has now opened 24 of the 33 negotiating chapters required for membership in the bloc.
Meanwhile, according to Hungarian outlet Telex, the intergovernmental conference opening the chapters with Ukraine was finalized only after Kyiv's parliament passed legislation guaranteeing native-language education for national minorities.