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Zelenskyy seeks to place Ukraine at home in the EU
Source: Politico
Ukraine is fighting off Russian invaders to preserve the European “way of life,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy proclaimed Thursday in Brussels, making an impassioned case for his country to join the EU.
“I’m here in order to defend our people’s way home,” the Ukrainian president said from the lectern in the European Parliament, speaking to hundreds of EU lawmakers and top officials in a whirlwind visit dripping with symbolism.
“This is our Europe, these are our rules, this is our way of life, and for Ukraine, it’s a way home, a way to home,” he said. And that way home, he said, is the EU.
It was Zelenskyy’s first in-person address in Brussels since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. And it came as part of a trip meant to cement Ukraine’s bond with the EU and Europe — the Ukrainian leader stopped off in Paris Wednesday night after a visit to London earlier in the day. Kyiv is hoping to join the EU in record time, as well as convince European countries to pledge more advanced weaponry as Russia prepares a renewed offensive.
“I’m here in order to defend our people’s way home,” the Ukrainian president said from the lectern in the European Parliament, speaking to hundreds of EU lawmakers and top officials in a whirlwind visit dripping with symbolism.
“This is our Europe, these are our rules, this is our way of life, and for Ukraine, it’s a way home, a way to home,” he said. And that way home, he said, is the EU.
It was Zelenskyy’s first in-person address in Brussels since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. And it came as part of a trip meant to cement Ukraine’s bond with the EU and Europe — the Ukrainian leader stopped off in Paris Wednesday night after a visit to London earlier in the day. Kyiv is hoping to join the EU in record time, as well as convince European countries to pledge more advanced weaponry as Russia prepares a renewed offensive.
Read more: https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-home-eu/
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