Hungary’s Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he expects to reach a technical-level
agreement with Kyiv this week on a minority-rights issue that has blocked formal
EU accession talks. The dispute traces to a 2024 11-point demand from Hungary’s
previous government on rights of the Hungarian minority in western Ukraine and
Hungarian-language education; Magyar, who took office after April’s election,
has set similar conditions. He said Budapest’s core demand is explicit
clarification of the Hungarian minority’s cultural and language rights, called
that a necessary precondition, and said an agreement would allow accession
negotiations to begin; he may meet President Zelenskiy next week.
