Hungary's Spoke in the Wheel. How Brussels Slows Down Ukraine's and Moldova's EU Accession

17.10.2022, 13:08 eurointegration.com.ua

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, addressed EU ambassadors with a speech earlier this week. He announced a course for geopolitical diplomacy. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen voiced a similar idea in her State of the Union speech in the European Parliament. She spoke about the current geopolitical priorities and acknowledged the past mistakes of the European Union. But the visionary glimpse of EU leaders sometimes clashes with the old reality, which has not changed. Ukraine feels this very well when its file manages European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. At Kyiv's persuasion, the commissioner appointed from Hungary aims to slow down and block Ukraine's movement towards EU membership.