The European Union must do more to support Ukraine financially and militarily, because it is fighting not only for its own security, but also for the security of Europe and shared values.
This was stated today by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola at the doorstep of the Special European Council on Defense, in Brussels an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“On Ukraine. The situation today is exactly the same as it was three years ago. Ukraine is fighting for Europe, and Europe needs to be hand in hand, lockstep with whoever is fighting for our security, for our values. Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security, and today, more than ever, also with the president of the country, we will stand with him and say ‘We are with you.’ But to do that, we need to do more – we need to make sure that even here, we put our money where our mouth is, that we help financially, that we help militarily, and we’re able to say that yes, what you are fighting for is what we will be fighting for together,” Metsola emphasized.
She noted that today’s Special European Council should consider issues that Europeans have long been asking, which is Europe’s ability to stand on its own two feet in the matters of defense. In this context, Europe should scale up defense capabilities, produce more defense equipment, and increase readiness of its forces for defense. This is essentially the political request to the EU from its citizens, according to the President of the European Parliament.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, today, March 6, a Special European Council is being held in Brussels, where the heads of state and government of the EU member states are considering ways to strengthen European defense and increasing assistance to Ukraine in the context of the statements and actions by the new U.S. administration to reduce the role of this country in maintaining European security and in military assistance to Ukraine.
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2025-03-06 14:42:00 ,
