Ukraine: Towards “immediate” candidate status for EU membership

French, German, Italian and Roman leaders have declared themselves in favor of granting Ukraine official status as EU member “immediately.”
Statement by French President Emmanuel Macron during a press conference of European leaders in Kiev on Thursday.

EU application

To supply France, Germany, Italy and Romania “Immediately“Granting official candidacy status to Ukraine as a member of the European Union.

“All four of us support the immediate candidacy for membership“, Said Emmanuel Macron.This situation will be accompanied by a road map, taking into account the situation in the Balkans and the surrounding area, especially in Moldova.“, He added.

Twenty-seven will decide the matter at the European Summit on June 23-24.

The negotiation process can take years.

Weapons

French President Emmanuel Macron announced at a news conference in Kiev on Thursday that these self-propelled guns, which France will provide “six more Caesars” to Ukraine, are renowned for their precision.

“In addition to the 12 Caesars already provided, I decided to offer six additional Caesars“, The French president announced after meeting with his Ukrainian envoy Volodymyr Zelensky, German Olaf Scholz, Italian Mario Draghi and Roman class Iohannis.

For his part, German Chancellor Olaf Scholes promised to assist Ukraine militarily.Up to“The country needs it.

“We assist in the supply of arms to Ukraine, and we will continue to do so until Ukraine needs it“The head of government promised during a joint press conference with the leaders of Ukraine, France, Italy and Romania.

Invitation to the G7 Summit

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zhelensky “Accepted the invitationGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he will attend the next G7 summit in Bavaria at the end of June.

“Mr. who accepted my invitation to attend the G7 Summit. Zelensky thanks themMr Sholes wrote on Twitter, noting that Mr. Gelensky had not left Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, which would take place at the Elmav (southern) fortress premises from June 26 to 28, that he could travel to Bavaria or intervene via video conference.

“I gratefully accepted the invitation of our partners to participate in important international events“The G7 summit in Germany and the NATO summit in Madrid, at the invitation of its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, confirmed the Ukrainian president on Twitter.

Visit to Irbin

As soon as they arrived in the Ukrainian capital, Irfin was accompanied by the French President, the German Chancellor and the head of the Italian government, the Roman President Glasse Iohanis.

The city on the outskirts of the capital was destroyed in the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The German president condemned the damage. “The brutality of the Russian war of aggression, which is simply aimed at destroying and capturing“.

“Innocent civilians were attacked and houses destroyed. An entire city was destroyed despite the lack of military infrastructure“, He rebuked.

At the end of this brief visit, the President of France “Valor“Ukrainians.”We have all seen these pictures of a catastrophic city, both of which are heroic cities, and elsewhere, the Ukrainians stopped the Russian army that landed on Kiev. So you have to imagine the heroism of the army, but also the Ukrainian people“, Announced Emmanuel Macron. The tenant of the Elysee Palace added.”To win against Ukraine“.

Arriving by train in the morning

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi departed the previous day on a special train in Poland and arrived in Kyiv in the morning.

Three leaders, step ZDF in GermanyMet last night in the Polish city of Rzeszów.

This is the first visit by the leaders of the three major EU countries since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.