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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged EU leaders to begin formal accession negotiations, rejecting a German-backed proposal for "associate membership" as "unfair." With Hungary's Viktor Orbán ousted in April 2026 elections, the biggest single veto threat to Ukraine's EU path has been removed — but massive economic disparities, a $588 billion reconstruction bill, agricultural trade tensions, unresolved corruption concerns, and the legal complexity of admitting a country at war still stand between Kyiv and Brussels.