00:02Hungary has lifted its two-year-long veto on Ukraine's bid to join the European Union
00:08on Wednesday evening, allowing the process to enter its next phase of negotiations.
00:14The breakthrough which ends the veto allows Ukraine and Mordova to formally open the first
00:20cluster of negotiations, known as Fundamentals. It took place during a meeting of ambassadors
00:26in Brussels, several diplomats told Euronews. For the past two years, Ukraine and Mordova,
00:33which are informally coupled as candidates, were being blocked by former Hungarian Prime Minister
00:38Viktor Orban. The change was only made possible after Orban was defeated in the polls by Peter
00:44Medjar. Medjar noted that he remained opposed to fast-tracked accession, a view widely shared by
00:51other member states, wary of endangering the integrity of enlargement. The intergovernmental
00:57conference, which marks the formal starting point, is expected to take place on either
01:02the 15th or 16th of June in Luxembourg.
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