BRUSSELS ¨C EU chief Ursula von der Leyen set out a vision on Wednesday of an enlarged European Union that would include Ukraine ¡ª but Kyiv still has a way to go to get the green light for membership talks, with Hungary seen as a potential block.
EU countries are due to decide in December whether to allow Ukraine to begin accession negotiations ¡ª a move that would require unanimous backing of all the 27 countries in the bloc.
European Commission President von der Leyen told the European Parliament that Ukraine had already made ¡°great strides¡± since being designated a membership candidate last year, even as it fights to repel Russia¡¯s invasion.
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