Politico: European Council President Antonio Costa is trying to circumvent Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's veto on Ukraine's accession to the EU

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58% : The publication also notes that Costa has already begun to persuade EU leaders during a recent "tour of the capitals," during which he met with a number of European leaders, as well as during bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last week.
53% : Closing the cluster would still require the support of all EU members, but a lower threshold for opening negotiations would allow Ukraine and Moldova to initiate the necessary reforms to demonstrate progress in bringing legislation up to EU standards in certain areas.
50% : According to Costa's proposal, the so -- called negotiation clusters -- key legal stages on the path to membership - could be opened with the consent of a qualified majority of EU countries, rather than by unanimous decision.

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