A senior MEP has used a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to warn that the West is “facing a critical geopolitical period.”
S&D leader in the EU Parliament Iratxe García met with Zelenskyy on 11 December and reiterated her group’s “continued full support to Ukraine for whatever it takes to win the war.”
The MEP said, “We are facing a critical geopolitical period marked by uncertainties, but Ukraine can be certain of our continued support.”
She also said she has urged the EC to use €200 billion of frozen Russian state assets in order to arm and reconstruct Ukraine.
García, a Spanish MEP, had travelled to Ukraine with a delegation of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament to meet with key representatives of the government to express her group’s “full” support to Ukraine, more than 1,000 days into “Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.”
She also reaffirmed its commitment to accompanying Ukraine on the reforms that pave the way for accession to the European Union.
This is the first time in this parliamentary term that a group leader in the European parliament has travelled to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy.
García was accompanied by MEPs Yannis Maniatis – S&D vice-president for foreign affairs, security and defence, Nacho Sánchez Amor – S&D AFET coordinator, Sven Mikser – S&D SEDE coordinator and Thijs Reuten – S&D shadow rapporteur for Ukraine.
The S&D delegation met with Zelenskyy, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Ruslan Stefanchuk, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevhen Perebyinis and Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov.
The S&D MEPs held exchanges with the leadership and young activists of the progressive movement and partner, SD Platform and paid tribute at the Wall of Remembrance at St. Michael’s Monastery to the “many brave” Ukrainians who have lost their lives “fighting for freedom, democracy and a European future for their country.”
Garcia said, “It’s not by chance that I have chosen Ukraine for my first official visit as reelected group President after the European elections of 2024. More than 1,000 days have passed since Russia started its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. We are facing a critical geopolitical period marked by uncertainties, but Ukraine can be certain of our continued support. At this beginning of the new term, the S&D family is convinced that it is necessary and urgent to scale up the support to Ukraine, to make it more effective, more predictable, and more sustainable in the long term.”
She added, “I reiterated to President Zelenskyy that we want Ukraine to win this war so that it may focus on offering its people a life in peace and prosperity – as part of the European family.
“As the second largest group in the European Parliament, we are ready to lead new proposals to make the EU work closer with Ukraine and we call for unity among democratic and pro-European forces to ensure freedom, peace and prosperity for the Ukrainian people.
“We did not come to Kyiv with empty words. We want to show our support to Ukraine with concrete actions. I asked High Representative Kaja Kallas to put forward a legal proposal to
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