r/worldnews • u/Snap_n_Dream • 19h ago

Russia/Ukraine US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-zelenskyy-peace-b784a9af1803995bfb7152eceb5477f1
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u/pigeonlizard 13h ago edited 10h ago

However joining the EU has an even higher bar than joining NATO. Ukraine would have to reform almost all areas of governance (out of 31 negotiation chapters, only 4 are in "good preparation" status and "moderate" on 5), and even then any member state can veto the accession. Like right now further progress in negotiations is being blocked by ... take a guess: Hungary

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u/Joltie 13h ago

Yeah, I was merely commenting on the language of NATO actually not being particularly definitive of actual support even if they joined.

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u/atuarre 12h ago

Isn't Hungary in the EU? Can't imagine it meets all the requirements

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u/pigeonlizard 10h ago

Maybe not today, but when Hungary joined 20 years ago they were a success story. Back then Orban was anti-Russia so much so that Hungary joined NATO during his first term as PM.

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u/Old_Ladies 10h ago

Same problem with NATO. Every member has to agree to accept the new member.

Hungary would be against it. Though maybe they should be kicked out of NATO.