Ukraine tables draft bill on minority schooling to open two EU negotiation clusters
Ukrainian lawmakers introduced a minority education bill to lift Hungary's veto on EU accession talks, Education, Science, and Innovation Committee Head Serhii Babak reported on Oct. 2.
Ukraine's Education, Science, and Innovation Committee approved a minority education bill on October 2, potentially lifting Hungary's veto on EU accession talks. Committee Head Serhii Babak revealed the legislation aims to open two EU negotiation clusters by ensuring Ukrainian remains the state language of instruction and granting explicit educational rights to indigenous peoples and national minorities.
Babak emphasized the bill's role in fulfilling Ukraine's mandatory compliance obligations for EU integration. The committee chairman clarified that the bill specifically regulates the schooling rights of Ukraine's indigenous peoples and EU official language minorities. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar responded to the bill's registration, stating he expects the rights of Ukraine's ethnic Hungarian minority to be fully guaranteed in practice.
Magyar noted the legislation was introduced following weeks of bilateral consultations between Ukraine and Hungary.
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