{"id":1392114,"date":"2026-05-11T19:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/european-commissioner-calls-for-accelerating-negotiations-on-ukraines-accession-to-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:41:28","slug":"european-commissioner-calls-for-accelerating-negotiations-on-ukraines-accession-to-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/european-commissioner-calls-for-accelerating-negotiations-on-ukraines-accession-to-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commissioner Pushes to Fast-Track Ukraine\u2019s Membership Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"1028\"><strong>European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Cos called on EU countries to officially open all negotiation clusters on Ukraine&#8217;s and Moldova&#8217;s accession to the EU by the summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1065\">She <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MartaKosEU\/status\/2053775181097623903\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> about this on the social network X.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1178\">According to Kos, she made the relevant statement in Brussels before the start of the EU Council meeting on foreign affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1301\">She noted that the first negotiation cluster could be opened during the Cyprus presidency and the remaining five in July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1469\">&#8220;The first cluster can be opened during the Cyprus presidency, and for the remaining five clusters, we hope to be able to do this in July,&#8221; the European Commissioner emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1648\">Kos also reported that a high-level meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, who were illegally taken from the occupied territories by Russia, is being held in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1750\">The meeting was organized jointly with Canada and Ukraine. It is attended by representatives of almost 60 countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1908\">During the meeting, the parties discussed the return of Ukrainian children, support for them after returning home, and mechanisms for holding Russia accountable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"2033\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Kos emphasized that the abduction of children is one of the most terrible manifestations of war, and Russia must bear responsibility for it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"2033\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraina-ta-nato-obhovoryly-kliuchovi-napriamky-roboty-jatec-podrobytsi\/\">Ukraine and NATO discussed the main areas of cooperation within the framework of the activities of the Joint Training and Education Analysis Center (JATEC).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"2033\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yes-rozghliadaie-priami-perehovory-z-kremlem-shchob-ne-zalyshytysia-poza-myrnym-protsesom-zmi\/\">the European Union is exploring the possibility of establishing a direct channel of negotiations with the Kremlin<\/a> to avoid being left out of the peace process regarding the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"1917\">Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a><\/span>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Cos called on EU countries to officially open all negotiation clusters on Ukraine&#8217;s and Moldova&#8217;s accession to the EU by the summer. &nbsp; She wrote about this on the social network X. &nbsp; According to Kos, she made the relevant statement in Brussels before the start of the EU Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1299156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1392114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392193,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392114\/revisions\/1392193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1299156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}