‘The support of the  European Union as a strategic partner is the most important act, don't be silent’

In an intensely moving address, the besieged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chairman of Ukraine’s Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk addressed  the European Parliament in their extraordinary plenary session to respond to Russia’s invasion and bombing of Ukraine. 

“We are striving for a European choice for Ukraine, your European choice of Ukraine. [...] That's what we’re striving for and that's what we're going to, and what we want to do. So I would like to hear that from you. We would like to hear the Ukrainian choice for Europe from the EU.”

The Chairman of Ukraine’s Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk also made an impassioned speech calling on the European Union to think strategically about its relationship with Ukraine: “The support of the  European Union as a strategic partner is the most important act, don't be silent, collect all your efforts and show that Europe today is unified as never, because the threat today is like never before. 

“The best support to the people of Ukraine in his darkest hours, will be the real recognition of our European aspirations, because the membership of the European Union, even before these events that started the 24th of February, was supported by the majority of Ukrainians. And this is our mandate. This is our mandate to have a relationship with the European Union because the Ukrainian people have made their choice. And I'm calling for the older member states and the leadership of European Union to support the candidate for the aspirant status for Ukraine, which is now supported by the whole of Ukraine.

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