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He emphasized that the Council had a "lively discussion" about ensuring that the decision to begin negotiations should be based on meeting the necessary criteria rather than on bilateral issues.
"I must formally appeal to the Polish opposition, which maintains close ideological ties with [Hungarian Prime Minister] Viktor Orbán's government and party, and ask them to do something good for Poland and Europe—specifically, to convince their ideological allies to unblock this process," Sikorski added.
Hungary’s opposition to Ukraine’s EU membership
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Hungary is the only country preventing Ukraine from joining the European Union.
On March 7, Orbán wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he plans to put the issue of Ukraine’s EU membership to a vote in Hungary, allowing the Hungarian people to decide, and pledging that his government would follow their will.
On March 6, Orbán vetoed an EU communiqué in which the bloc reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.