– We have witnessed an unprecedented and reckless breach of the airspace of Poland and Europe by more than 10 Russian Shahed drones. Europe solidaritys full with Poland – she said during the message about the state of the Union Ursula von der Leyen.
After these words, the full European Parliament stood up and started a spontaneous standing ovation.
EU: Full solidarity with Poland
The president of the European Commission has made Europe a keynote subject for the first State of the Union speech in the second term, namely the State of the European Union message.
She assessed that "the images from Alaska" – i.e. Donald Trump's gathering with Vladimir Putin and the red carpet developed for the Russian leader and the adverse findings from Europe's interests – were "not easy to swallow".
– We can all see what Putin means by "diplomacy" – she signed, reminding us that the Russian inactive does not want to meet the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski.
Von der Leyen has calculated fresh cases of Russian attacks – the largest raid of drones and rockets on Ukraine since the beginning of the war in 1 attack last week or an attack on a village in the Donetsk Oblast, where people standing in queues after retirement suffered. Over 20 people died. She then expressed solidarity with Poland.
Increasing aid to Ukraine
– The message [Russia] is clear. And so must ours. "We must increase the force on Russia to come to the negotiating table. We request more sanctions, we are working on their nineteenth package, focused on moving distant from Russian fossil fuels," said von der Leyen.
In the following part of the speech in the European Parliament, she besides announced that the aid should be intensified for Ukraine, including utilizing Russian money at the disposal of the EU, alternatively of further charging the European taxpayer.
– This is Russia's war. And Russia should pay for it. Therefore, we urgently request to work on a fresh solution to finance Ukraine's war effort on the basis of frozen Russian assets. With the money associated with these Russian assets, we can supply Ukraine with a debt for reparations. The assets themselves will stay intact. The hazard will should be shared. Ukraine will repay the debt only erstwhile Russia pays the reparations – the EC chief announced.
EU politicians respond to Russian drones over Poland
The EU's advanced typical for abroad Affairs Kaja Kallas assessed that the Russian drones were deliberately violating European airspace. "Russia's war escalates, does not end" – she signed for X.
The intrusion of Russian drones into Poland's airspace rapidly became 1 of the main topics in Strasbourg. The president of the European Parliament, Robert Metsol, besides commented.
– Poland has all right to defend itself against any attack. The European Union is united. This is not only a associate of the Union, but besides a associate of NATO. And it is not only a substance of our common defence capabilities and our security, but besides of how well we are prepared for any specified attack – said the EP head.
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