European Commission president also vows to speed Ukraine’s EU integration in wide-ranging speech
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has insisted “Putin will fail and Europe will prevail”, as she vowed to accelerate Ukraine’s EU integration.
Addressing the European parliament in Strasbourg, the EU executive president issued a rallying call intended to unite member states grappling with an energy crisis as winter draws near. Von der Leyen described the Russian invasion as not only a war on Ukraine, but “a war on our economy, a war on our values and a war on our future”.
