Hungary again blocks Ukraine's last two clusters on the path to EU membership
On November 10 the EU Council's enlargement working party again withheld approval of the cluster 4 and 5 screening — for Ukraine and for Moldova alike. Budapest names no formal requirements, while Brussels' own roadmaps already cast Chisinau as the front-runner: up to 25 chapters closed in 2027, against a closing start for Kyiv only from late in the first quarter.






















