How are they “taking it to the next step?” You mean doing what Rome said they could do from the beginning? What they’ve been doing for 2,000 years? SHOCK! GASP! Eastern Catholics actually telling Latins they want Rome to live up to their agreements.
It would be helpful if you could cite that agreement.
According to the links provided in the above article, the Vatican position on married Eastern Catholic priests reads:
In practice, this means that according to Eastern Catholic canon law there is no restriction on Eastern Catholic Bishops ordaining married men to the priesthood in their home territories (Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, the Middle East, etc.), but there are restrictions in place outside of their homelands.