European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos wrote about this on the platform X on May 1 after a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshyna.
“[There was] a productive conversation with Olga Stefanyshyna to confirm our support for opening the first cluster with Ukraine and Moldova at the same time and as soon as possible,” Marta Kos said.
According to her, Ukraine has made “significant progress in reforms” and the European Commission has provided a clear positive recommendation to the EU Council to move forward with the first cluster.
Last week, Marta Kos said that the EU might consider a separate accession process for Moldova, separating it from Ukraine because of Hungary’s resistance in negotiations with Kiev.
“We are already discussing with member states what to do because no member state is against opening the first cluster of negotiations with Moldova,” she said, adding that Hungary has so far only opposed Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
