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'Really Stuck': Ukraine's EU Accession Drive Stumbles

Hungary's Viktor Orban, left -- Moscow's closest friend in the EU -- has not hid his hostility to the bid by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to join the bloc (Credit: AFP)

Launched as a powerful statement days after Russia's 2022 invasion, Ukraine's bid for EU membership is stuttering in the face of hardening opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The process for joining the European Union is long, complex and requires unanimous approval from all member states at dozens of different stages.

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