Individual EU member states should not retain a veto over opening accession negotiations

The political and economic process by which European countries pool policy-making through the European Union, including treaty reform, enlargement, the single market, common budgets and shared foreign, security and defence policy.

Ukraine opened further EU accession negotiations covering internal-market and competitiveness standards after Hungary withdrew its objections. Ukrainian legislation expanding minority-language education rights helped secure Budapest's support. The milestone advances a lengthy negotiating process without guaranteeing eventual membership.