• EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos called on member states to formally open all six negotiation clusters for Ukraine and Moldova by July.
  • The first cluster could be opened as early as June during the Cypriot presidency of the EU Council.
  • Kos said she expects Ukraine to receive the first tranche of a 90 billion euro loan after Hungary lifted its veto.
  • New Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar indicated a possible reset of relations, but conditioned on protecting the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine.
  • A meeting between Magyar and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in early June.

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