“We will see very large modifications,” stated Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Stefanishyna reported that she spoke to members of the European Parliament concerning the Danish mannequin of joint manufacturing with the Ukrainian protection trade.
Amid rising concern that US President-elect Donald Trump might withdraw Washington’s essential assist for Kiev after he takes workplace in January, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna says she believes the EU will intervene and can proceed to assist Kiev, much more so with the assist of the brand new Commission.
He advised Euronews that expectations are excessive for future modifications.
“It is an unprecedented case that three members of the European Commission are liable for safety and protection coverage,” Stefanishyna stated.
“This means that we’ll see very large modifications. And, in fact, we additionally talked in a gathering with members of the European Parliament concerning the Danish mannequin of implementing joint manufacturing with the Ukrainian protection trade – it’s the mannequin that also needs to be utilized by different nations.”
The “Danish mannequin,” initiated by Denmark, funds Ukraine’s protection trade to strengthen its self-sufficiency in producing weapons for its armed forces. The financing mechanism goals to strengthen Ukraine’s industrial base in Europe.
Continued army and monetary assist to Ukraine is predicted to be one in every of Poland’s foremost priorities for the subsequent rotating presidency of the EU. But this is not going to essentially imply Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
“Basically, the Polish presidency depends on the work of the European Commission,” Stefanishyna advised Euronews, “So far I’ve solely heard that the Polish presidency will give attention to safety points. Unfortunately, I’ve no exact particulars after this dialog.”
Poland has been one in every of Ukraine’s strongest supporters for the reason that begin of Russia’s full-scale invasion and a powerful supporter of Ukraine on the world stage, campaigning for Kiev to obtain all of the weapons wanted to win the battle unleashed by Fly.
However, bilateral relations are removed from good, with the 2 nations sharing long-standing disputes over Ukrainian agricultural imports and complaints over the exhumations of victims of the 1943 Volyn bloodbath. Both are removed from resolved.
