EU Enlargement Stalemate: Hungary's Veto Casts Shadow Over Bloc's Future

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BRUSSELS – A significant impasse has emerged within the European Union's enlargement agenda, with Hungary's outright rejection of EU Council Conclusions on the matter threatening to derail crucial progress for candidate countries, including Ukraine. The move, which saw Budapest impose a sweeping veto on all references to Ukraine and other...

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