The head of the European Commission: negotiations on the membership of Ukraine and Moldova in the EU are a strategic decision

2023-12-14T19:18:27.670Z

Highlights: Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen: negotiations on the membership of Ukraine and Moldova in the EU are a strategic decision. This day will go down in the history of the bloc, she wrote on the social network X. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Budapest did not participate in the decision to start negotiations with Kyiv on joining the EU. Earlier, Orban had said that the decision was made by the leaders of the EU countries, not by the Hungarian government.

The decision to initiate negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova on the conditions for their admission to the European Union is of a strategic nature. This point of view was expressed by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.