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   simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 08:41:42 JST simsa03
   A few hours ago, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, declared:
   
   The European Council opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and (!) Moldova. Both candiates have became official candidates to join the EU!
   
   Also, the European Council granted candidate status to Georgia and will open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina after further reforms.
   
   These are the best news in a very long time.
   
   (source: https://twitter.com/CharlesMichel/status/1735350188883968000 )
   
   After long talks in Brussels with Viktor Orbán from Hungary, Orbán abandoned his resistance to the accession negotiations. Although he didn't vote in favour of the decision, he shortly left the room where the other heads of states then voted unanimously in favour of Ukraine and Molodova. (The trick was suggested by German Chancellor Scholz.)
   
   (source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-set-summit-showdown-ukraine-with-hungarys-orban-2023-12-13/ )
   
   #Ukraine
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     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 09:28:59 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @simsa03 Yay!
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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 09:42:23 JST simsa03

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     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     Indeed. It's not just that Ukraine needed that boost of hope, I myself feel happy and relieved: EU seems to get its act together, slowly but steadily. The rightwing politician Victor Orbán relented, the former rightwing government of Poland under Mateusz Morawiecki was finally replaced by the cabinet of Donald Tusk (more centrist and EU-friendly), thus it feels like Putin loses more influence in Europe via his connections to the political right. It's a joyous day for Europe, irrespective all the bad news flying left and right. :-)
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     GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 11:38:28 JST GeniusMusing

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     A few hours later...
     
     Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine
     https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67724357
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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 22:23:08 JST simsa03

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     • GeniusMusing
     and the joy evaporates...