EU opens negotiating clusters 2 and 3 in Ukraine's accession talks

The Council of the European Union has officially opened two more clusters in Ukraine's EU accession negotiations.

Source: European Pravda's correspondent in Luxembourg

Details: The decision was adopted at a Ukraine-EU Intergovernmental Conference held after a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council.

"In this, the fourth Accession Conference with Ukraine, the Council opened Cluster 2 on Internal Market and Cluster 3 on Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth," Irish Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne announced.

"We encourage Ukraine to continue to implement necessary reforms, particularly in the area of Fundamentals," he added.

Background:

• Earlier, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vsevolod Chentsov said that concessions would be needed to open the remaining two negotiating clusters.
• All EU member states agreed to open negotiating clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine on 12 October. To make this possible, the Ukrainian parliament approved amendments to the law on education to lift Hungary's veto.

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