The European Union (EU) is conducting a high-level charm offensive in Ukraine this week, engaging with the Hungarian minority in western Ukraine to ease tensions with Hungary that are jeopardising Kyiv’s accession bid.

Ukraine wants to accelerate work on joining the 27-member bloc, which it considers its most realistic path to economic prosperity and to creating a buffer against the threat posed by Russia since its 2022 invasion.

But gaining membership is not easy, with Brussels setting a high bar on a number of measures that Ukraine will struggle to clear and Hungary’s opposition to the idea hardening.

Budapest Worried About Hungarian Minority’s Rights

Hungary’s government has cited concerns, including the language rights of ethnic Hungarians and what it has described as the secur

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