“We are still far from an effective enlargement (of the European Union) that would include Ukraine,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday when asked about the concerns of European farmers, Le Monde reported, citing News.ro. .

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“Any expansion would require profound reform of our rules,” he added.

On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron, who may have played a role in Viktor Orbán’s “change of mind” to veto Ukraine’s entry, asked the Hungarian prime minister to “behave properly” at a press conference after the European Council. as a European” and not to take the European Union “hostage” regarding the topic of Ukraine.

“I expect Viktor Orbán to behave like a European in the coming months and not take our political progress hostage,” the French president said at the end of a European summit where Budapest opposed the 50 billion euro bailout. for Ukraine, but left it to his colleagues to decide on the opening of accession negotiations with Kyiv, leaving the hall during the voting.

The French president held a series of meetings ahead of Thursday’s European summit. He met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for dinner last week, and again on Thursday morning for breakfast with other European leaders.

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