Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who later announced a breakthrough deal on minority rights with Ukraine, with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace in Paris on June 3, 2026.Marc Piasecki/Getty Images

Hungary announces deal with Ukraine on minority rights, clearing Kyiv’s path to EU entry talks – POLITICO

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BRUSSELS — Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar late Wednesday announced Budapest had struck a deal with Kyiv that would clear the way for the EU to open accession negotiations with Ukraine.

Magyar said the agreement would expand the “linguistic, educational, cultural and political rights” of roughly 100,000 ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine’s western Zakarpattia region.

The rights of Ukraine’s Hungarian minority have been a longstanding source of tension between Kyiv and Budapest since the former adopted legislation strengthening the role of Ukrainian as the primary language of instruction in schools.