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Twin track: How to move Ukraine’s EU accession along
17 June 2026, 12:42
author: Leonid Litra

Hungary has lifted its veto of formal negotiations for Ukraine to join the EU. Now, the core challenge shifts to the massive scale of implementing reforms in Ukraine.

Leo Litra, Senior Research Fellow at New Europe Center, Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR, proposes a “twin-track” approach: advancing accession negotiations and drafting the accession agreement in parallel to keep momentum and accelerate Ukraine’s path to the EU.

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