Minorities in Ukraine are, according to Financial Times, the biggest potential obstacle to the start of negotiations for the accession of Ukraine to the European Union.[1] Large ethnic Russian (the largest ethnic minority in the country), Romanian (including Moldovans) and Hungarian minorities exist in Ukraine, and Romania and Hungary have striven for the minority rights of the minorities they respectively represent.[2] Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán has threatened to veto Ukraine's process of EU accession numerous times over minority rights issues.[1] Ukraine also has a small number of Poles, Jews, Armenians, Roma and other nationalities.[3]
Indigenous peoples of Ukraine
According to the 2021 law “On the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine” the Crimean Tatars, Crimean Karaites and Krymchaks are the indigenous peoples of Ukraine.[4]
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References
- ^ a b Hall, Ben (12 September 2023). "Ukraine open to minority rights concessions in quest to join EU". Financial Times.
- ^ Sánchez Costa, Raúl (31 January 2023). "Treatment of ethnic communities pits Ukraine against neighbors Romania and Hungary". El País.
- ^ Ukraine - World Directory of Minorities & Indigenous Peoples
- ^ "The Law on the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine. What does it bring to national minorities?". Culturico. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2023.