Following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s massive reelection defeat, Ukraine will finally be able to move forward with the process of joining the EU after years of delay thanks to Orbán.
Yesterday began with the EU finally sealing its €90 billion loan to Ukraine. Last night ended with leaders confronting the sheer scale of everything else they have to do.
The next item is whether, how and when to get the war-torn nation into its club.https://t.co/6X8XX6XPLT
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) April 24, 2026
From Politico:
After the EU finally managed to unlock its €90 billion loan to Ukraine, “now it’s time to look forward” to the “next step” which is its EU membership bid, European Council President António Costa said on the way into a summit of EU leaders in Cyprus.
After the EU finally managed to unlock its €90 billion loan to Ukraine, “now it’s time to look forward” to the “next step” which is its EU membership bid, European Council President António Costa said on the way into a summit of EU leaders in Cyprus on Thursday, after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The first legal step on Kyiv’s path to joining the EU, the opening of cluster one, has been blocked by Hungary for years, but could finally move with a new government in Budapest, officials said.
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EU forges ahead with membership for Ukraine and Moldova after Orbán’s exit
Key negotiating “clusters” will be unblocked, opening the path to the two nations joining as members of the bloc.
— European News (@eunews.social) April 23, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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