By KYIV. Dec 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The European Union can and we will keep supporting the people of Ukraine, President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Metsola has said.
"In 2023 we will need to stand ever stronger with Ukraine. They will look to us again for political, humanitarian, military, energy and financial support," she said in her traditional speech at the European Council in Brussels on Thursday.
"They [Russia] want to exhaust our systems and our patience. We must show the same resilience that we have asked of Ukrainians," Metsola said in her speech, the text of which was published on the EP’s website.
She called on the EU countries to finalize the next round of sanctions against Russia and ensure that the loopholes that still exist are closed.
Metsola praised the progress Ukraine is making in implementing the European Commission’s seven recommendations for your country’s application for EU membership.
