Peter Magyar has demanded that Ukraine expand the rights of the Hungarian diaspora as a condition for the start of EU accession talks, effectively echoing Viktor Orbán’s position, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.
According to the agency, Magyar raised the issue on Wednesday at a meeting with European Council president António Costa in Brussels. The EU, for its part, is pressuring him to drop the Orbán government’s objections to the formal opening of Ukraine’s membership talks.
Magyar, however, put forward conditions that largely match the list of 11 demands presented by Orbán in 2024. Among them is access to education in Ukraine in the Hungarian language.