Talks to take years
The talks themselves are likely to take years.
Ukraine, which has a population of 44 million and is geographically bigger than any EU member, presents some unique challenges for admission to the 27-member bloc.
In intense diplomacy on the matter, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Mr Orban before the summit, alongside Ms von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel.
The European Commission on Dec 13 restored Hungary’s access to up to €10.2 billion (S$13.6 billion) in refunds for economic projects after finding it had fulfilled conditions on the independence of its judiciary.
Talks will continue at the summit on the bloc’s multi-annual budget framework.
Mr Michel said the European Council had also decided on Dec 14 to open accession negotiations with Moldova.
He went on to say the summit granted EU candidate status to Georgia and would also advance an EU bid by another hopeful - Bosnia - once it reaches “the necessary degree of compliance” with criteria.
Earlier in the day, as the 27 EU leaders gathered for their last summit of the year, Mr Orban insisted that the EU should not start membership talks with Ukraine. He was a lone hold-out at the summit.
Other EU leaders had warned that not agreeing to start negotiations would have been seen as a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin. REUTERS
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