A deal between Budapest and Kyiv on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine has cleared a key obstacle to the opening of the first negotiating cluster.
A Commission spokesman said no decision had been taken to withhold funds and offered no explanation for enlargement commissioner Marta Kos’ remarks the previous week.
Denys Shmyhal ambitiously announced that Ukraine has fulfilled 81% of its commitments and said significant results could be achieved “not in years, but in months.”
