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On Thursday, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, announced that the EU is opening membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. He writes that on X. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Photo: Cicilie Sigrid Andersen / news – This is a victory for Ukraine and the whole of Europe, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Michel says at the same time that Georgia has been given the status of a candidate country. The decision to open negotiations on EU membership for Ukraine and Moldova is said to have taken place during a meeting of European leaders in the European Council on Thursday. Orban is said to have left the meeting The Guardian writes that Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister, left the summit when the decision was made. Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, in place in Brussels in connection with the EU summit. Photo: MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP – EU membership for Ukraine is a bad decision. Hungary will not take part in this bad decision, he writes on Facebook after the meeting. Orban is the only one of the 27 heads of state in the European Council who have flatly rejected Ukrainian EU membership. – Happy on behalf of our partners The details of the EU decision are currently unclear. It is uncertain whether the decision came as a result of a vote among the EU leaders or not. – It is possible to get a decision even if not all countries are present. Usually, you will then give another country the authority to vote on behalf of the person who is absent, but it is not mandatory, says a source who was present when the decision was made to news. President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, writes on X that this is a strategic decision and a day that will go down in the history books. – I am proud that we have fulfilled our promises and am happy on behalf of our partners, she writes.



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