Leaders of 26 EU member states at the summit in Brussels on 23-24 October plan to endorse a decision recognising Ukraine's readiness to open accession talks with the Union across three negotiating clusters.

Source: European Pravda

Details: Sources indicate that the European Council is expected to approve a statement declaring that Ukraine is ready and deserving for the EU to open accession negotiation on three of the six clusters.

As Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is set to oppose the move, the decision will likely be adopted by the votes of the remaining 26 EU leaders.

In the conclusions, the European Council will note that Ukraine has made substantial progress towards EU accession under exceptionally challenging conditions and will take into account the European Commission's assessment that the clusters Fundamentals, Internal Market and External Relations are ready to be opened.

The European Council will call on Ukraine, the Council of the EU and the European Commission to continue advancing the accession process based on the merit principle.

Ukraine has earlier urged the EU to begin an informal process.

Background: It was reported earlier that Ukraine urged the EU to start informal accession talks while Hungary continues to block the launch of formal accession negotiations.

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