Hungary Lifts 2-Year Veto on Ukraine EU Talks as 15 June Opening Nears

3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Jun 3

Brussels ambassadors secured unanimity on Wednesday after Hungary dropped its two-year block, clearing Ukraine and Moldova to open the EU accession cluster on fundamentals.
Péter Magyar said consultations with Kyiv produced a comprehensive deal on linguistic, educational, cultural and political rights for the 100,000-strong Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia.
The first of six thematic clusters covers rule of law, human rights and the judiciary, and its opening ends a deadlock that had driven Budapest-Kyiv relations to a low point.
The EU Council will now send letters to Ukraine and Moldova before a formal intergovernmental conference expected on 15 June in Luxembourg, though Hungary could still reimpose a veto.
The reversal follows Magyar's defeat of Viktor Orbán and adds to Budapest's broader shift on Ukraine after it also lifted vetoes on €6.6 billion in EU military aid.

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Overview

On June 3, 2026, Hungary’s new government lifted its two-year veto on EU military aid reimbursements for Ukraine, ending a prolonged block on payouts for arms supplied to Kyiv. This move immediately unblocked the European Peace Facility, allowing funds for member states to be unfrozen and the compensation mechanism for military assistance to become operational again. However, EU countries must still decide how to use these unfrozen funds—whether to return them to national budgets or recycle them for further support to Ukraine—and address the current reimbursement rate, highlighting ongoing discussions about the future of EU aid.

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