Ukraine passes amendments to education law to secure Hungary's consent for EU accession clusters

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) adopted amendments to the law on education on Monday 12 October in a bid to secure Hungary's consent to the opening of the second and third negotiating clusters in Ukraine's EU accession talks.

Source: European Pravda

Details: MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak said 273 MPs voted to approve bill No. 16119 in principle, endorsing its main provisions, and 266 voted to adopt it in full as a law. He added that the Verkhovna Rada chairman has been instructed to sign the bill immediately and forward it to the president for signature.

Background:

• On 12 October, Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said she expected Ukraine's parliament to approve amendments to the law on education concerning the rights of national minorities.
• European Pravda reported that the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) is ready to approve the EU's common negotiating positions on the opening of the second and third accession negotiating clusters with Ukraine on Monday 12 October following the adoption of the amendments on minority education rights by the Verkhovna Rada.

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