EU moves Ukraine's membership bid forward, but tough road ahead

BRUSSELS — The EU on Monday moves Ukraine’s bid to join onto the next stage after a long delay — but that doesn’t mean Kyiv’s path to full membership is getting easier. Foreign ministers from the 27-nation bloc will formally kick off negotiations with Ukraine, and neighboring Moldova, on aligning with a first “cluster” of EU laws. Ukraine’s progress was stuck for some two years as Hungary’s nationalist leader Viktor Orban vetoed all progress, but his election defeat by rival Peter Magyar in April opened up the way. READ: Has Zelenskyy forfeited an honor — and Poland’s sympathy? “This is […]... Keep on reading: EU moves Ukraine's membership bid forward, but tough road ahead