At yesterday evening’s plenary session of the European Parliament, Viktória Ferenc, MEP of Fidesz–KDNP and member of the Patriots for Europe group, emphasized in her one-minute speech: “Although Commissioner Marta Kos claims that Ukraine has completed its “homework” and urges the opening of the EU accession negotiation clusters, the situation of national minorities in Ukraine remains unresolved. The “homework” — the so-called “eleven points” set out in Ukraine’s negotiation framework document — and, more broadly, the Copenhagen criteria, have not yet been fulfilled.”

“Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos recently visited Ukraine, where she also met with representatives of national minorities. Today, I took the floor to point out that at that meeting, those representatives who genuinely stand up for the rights of the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia were silenced and denied the opportunity to speak!” — emphasized the MEP of Transcarpathian origin.

Viktória Ferenc added: “Meanwhile, the EU criticizes Hungary for its policy of protecting national minorities. Yet it is Brussels that, driven by its geopolitical interests, sacrifices its own Copenhagen principles without hesitation and seeks to rewrite the current decision-making rules of the accession process, thereby jeopardizing the sovereignty of its own Member States. We cannot allow this!”

21 October 2025, Strasbourg