It has never been an easy task for him. Ursula von der Leyen. Since taking the reins of the European Commission a little over three years ago, German and his team have faced crisis after crisis. First, it was the covid 19 pandemic that caught the Twenty-seven completely off guard and exposed many European health gaps. A war ensued that drove energy prices to unsustainable levels six months ago due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russian blackmail, which von der Leyen once again disclosed in his third discussion of the state of the union. A winking speech about Ukraine – almost all police stations clad in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag – ensued with a very special guest of honor, Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska.
The chairman of the commission made these statements within the framework of the discussion on the status of the union held in Strasbourg, France.Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukrainejoyfulguest of honor at the plenary, where he said he gave “courage to an entire nation” and “hope to all”.
“Ukraine is still strong because the whole country is fighting from street to street, house to house. Ukraine is strong because people like her husband (Volodimir Zelensky) led the resistance. In his speech to Zelenska, von der Leyen said, “You value the whole nation.” “Today value has a name and that name is Ukraine. Courage has a face, and that face is the face of Ukrainian men and women facing Russian aggression,” he added to the applause in the first bars of his speech, reminding that European solidarity has been there since day one. came to stay.
“Sanctions (against Russia) are permanent. The time has come for us to be determined. Now is not the time to appease” because the Kremlin’s punishment is paying off. Von der Leyen, for example, emphasized that there are more than 1000 companies leaving Russia. In addition, automobile production fell by 76% and “Aeroflot’s inability to lift planes off the ground due to a lack of spare parts” forced Russian officials to use chips from dishwashers. It is not just a war against Ukraine, but a war against “our energy, our economy, our values, our future”, “Russian industry is shattered and it is the Kremlin that has brought the Russian economy to the brink of disaster”. . It is autocracy versus democracy. “I am here with the belief that Putin will fail with the necessary courage and faith, and Europe and Ukraine will win,” he said.
Von der Leyen explained 100 million € for reconstruction of schools inside Ukrainecountry’s reach European circulation Y greater access to the single marketHe will organize a surprise trip with President Volodymyr Zelenski this Wednesday.
“We will work with the First Lady and the First Lady to support the rehabilitation of damaged Ukrainian schools. So we will provide what you need: 100 million euros, because the future of Ukrainians begins in schools,” he said. after remembering this 70 centers were attacked by Russian troops during the war. In addition, the conservative German pledged to expand its mobile roaming policy to Ukraine and further integrate the country into the single market. “Brussels will work to ensure smooth access to the single market,” he said. The leader of the European Executive Committee will meet in person with the president of Ukraine on a surprise trip to Kiev this Wednesday, where he also announced all these announcements at the plenary meeting in Strasbourg.