{"id":130403,"date":"2023-02-10T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=130403"},"modified":"2023-02-10T12:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T11:05:14","slug":"president-zelenskyy-says-russia-is-a-grave-threat-to-the-european-way-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/president-zelenskyy-says-russia-is-a-grave-threat-to-the-european-way-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zelenskyy says Russia is a grave threat to the European way of life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the European Parliament during an extraordinary plenary session in Brussels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Opening the session, European Parliament President\u00a0Roberta Metsola<\/a>\u00a0said to President Zelenskyy: \u201cWe understand that you are fighting not only for your values, but for ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUkraine is Europe and your nation\u2019s future is in the European Union\u201d, President Metsola continued, adding that the EU should give Ukraine the \u201cfastest possible accession process\u201d and, \u201cas a next step, provide the long-range systems and the jets needed to protect the liberty too many have taken for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his address to MEPs, President Zelenskyy stressed how Russia is trying to annihilate not only sovereign Ukraine, but also the European \u201cway of life\u201d. He outlined how he sees Europe as a continent steeped in rules, values, equality and fairness, and (…) a place where Ukraine is firmly at home. The Kremlin, on the other hand, is doing its utmost to destroy European values, President Zelenskyy said, stressing how Ukraine is fighting for and protecting Europe from this anti-European force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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He thanked all Europeans who have supported Ukraine in the fight against the Russian invader and all those who have helped Ukrainian refugees arriving in the EU. Looking ahead, President Zelenskyy called on Europe and Ukraine to walk together and define a common European future. However, he underlined that, for our dreams for our children and grandchildren to come true, we need peace and security. These dreams will not be possible if we do not overcome this anti-European force trying to steal our Europe from us, he concluded.<\/p>\n

This was President Zelenskyy\u2019s first official visit to the European Parliament, after having addressed MEPs remotely during an extraordinary session on 1 March 2022, shortly after Russia started its war against Ukraine. He also spoke before plenary on 14 December the same year, when Parliament\u2019s 2022 Sakharov Prize was awarded to the brave people of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

More information: European Parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Zelenski at the Extraordinary European Council of February 9, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the start of the summit, EU leaders held an exchange of views with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Russia\u2019s war of aggression and the European Union\u2019s support to Ukraine and its people.<\/p>\n