“By blocking Moldova, you are not helping Ukraine,” said President Maia Sandu in an interview with the Hungarian publication Válasz Online, commenting on the process of opening the negotiation clusters with the European Union.
The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, made her first official visit to Hungary at the invitation of Prime Minister Péter Magyar. The main purpose of the visit was to take part in the events marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 anti-communist revolution.
The Republic of Moldova is keen to strengthen its strategic partnership with Hungary, including by expanding trade and investment. The matter was discussed today by President Maia Sandu and Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar during a telephone conversation.
Hungary has once again blocked progress in the negotiations on Moldova’s and Ukraine’s accession to the European Union (EU), stalling the opening of negotiation chapters relating to access to the single market and social policy. The latest freeze in the negotiation process occurred at the first meeting of the EU Council’s Working Party on Enlargement (COELA) following the summer recess, held on 1 September.
An additional 20 cubic meters of water per second is flowing into the main channel of the Danube following the opening of the lock at the Ratkeve-Shorokshar section. According to Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, this could raise the water level near the Paks Nuclear Power Plant by two centimeters.
Hungary narrowly avoided a shutdown of its nuclear power sector as the Danube’s water level rose. Hungary’s prime minister said Tuesday that Budapest miraculously managed to avoid a complete shutdown of its nuclear power plant, as the return of the Danube’s water levels to normal allowed the country to keep its only nuclear power plant operational.
Hungary opposed sending a letter to the European Council and the European Commission outlining the common position of all 27 EU countries on the issue of Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the bloc, Politico reports, citing two sources.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar stated that Budapest had succeeded in having the wording regarding the accelerated accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the European Union removed from the European Council’s final declaration. According to Magyar in X, all member states of the bloc have agreed on the revised version of the document.
The new Hungarian government has signaled it may lift its long-standing veto of Ukraine’s European Union bid, paving the way for the first phase of formal EU membership talks with Kiev and Chisinau.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Friday agreed with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to unfreeze almost all EU funds earmarked for Hungary.
