{"id":1248942,"date":"2025-11-07T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1248942"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:48:38","slug":"cyprus-upcoming-eu-presidency-won-t-affect-priorities-on-ukraine-or-enlargement-kachka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/cyprus-upcoming-eu-presidency-won-t-affect-priorities-on-ukraine-or-enlargement-kachka\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus\u2019 upcoming EU presidency won\u2019t affect priorities on Ukraine or enlargement \u2014 Kachka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a> reports that <strong>Cyprus\u2019s 2026 presidency of the EU Council will not change the Union\u2019s priorities regarding Ukraine or the broader enlargement policy<\/strong>, according to Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration <strong>Taras Kachka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the government\u2019s question hour, Kachka stressed that <strong>opening accession negotiation clusters requires unanimous support from all 27 EU members<\/strong>. While <strong>26 states are ready<\/strong>, <strong>Hungary continues to object<\/strong>. He said Ukraine, together with the current Danish presidency and through bilateral channels, is actively working to shift Budapest\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe still have time this year. There are several points in the calendar when this decision can be made. And the change of presidency will not affect the work,\u201d<\/strong> Kachka noted. He added that Ukraine has maintained a close dialogue with Cyprus\u2019 minister for European affairs since summer, and <strong>does not expect any shift in priorities once Nicosia assumes the rotating presidency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kachka underlined that the EU agenda remains extensive \u2014 from security issues to discussions on the reparations loan \u2014 and these processes continue regardless of the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cOn Ukraine and enlargement policy, there will be no changes in priorities \u2014 we are confident in this,\u201d<\/strong> he emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyprus is set to take over the EU Council presidency on <strong>1 January 2026<\/strong>, succeeding Denmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0UATV English reports that Cyprus\u2019s 2026 presidency of the EU Council will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1248945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36418,13,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1248942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-news","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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