The Hungarian side claims Ukraine refuses to implement the Venice Commission's recommendation on the language of education at educational establishments.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has offered three options for the implementation of Article 7 of Law "On Education" regarding the language of instruction in Ukrainian educational facilities, which will be spelled out in law "On General Secondary Education."
The European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) has officially published its opinion on provisions of the Law of Ukraine on Education of September 5, 2017, which concern the use of the state language and minority and other languages in education.
The Venice Commission has called on Ukraine to amend the “language article” of the Ukrainian law on education in relation to Russian language, according to the statement published on the website of the Council of Europe.