“Thank you for your attitude towards Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a speech to the EP plenary and was cheered by MEPs who gave him a standing ovation for several minutes.
“Welcome home, welcome to the EU,” said European Council President Charles Michel as he welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had flown in with French President Emmanuel Macron, on his arrival in Brussels to address the Plenary of the European Parliament and to attend the Summit.
It is the first time the president of Ukraine has visited Brussels, about a year after Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The President of the EP, Roberta Metzola, described the visit of the Ukrainian president to the European Parliament as “historic” and stressed that the states should consider, quickly, as a next step, providing the military support that Ukraine is asking for.
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“Thank you for your stance on Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the EP plenary, to cheers from MEPs who stood to applaud him for several minutes.
#Zelenskyy‘s speech to members of the European Parliament. pic.twitter.com/qn9JY0EzUK
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“In the European Parliament principles and courage have an absolute majority,” added Zelensky.
“We have a common European history,” he said then, stressing that Russia is trying to wipe out the Ukrainian and European way of life with a total war.
“We are defending ourselves against the most anti-European force in the modern world,” he said. “We defend ourselves, we defend you,” he added.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to the European Parliament ended with the anthem of Ukraine and the anthem of the EU.
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