Despite official statements, the EU’s complete elimination of Russian gas is problematic. In the absence of sanctions, it will be difficult for European buyers to terminate gas contracts under force majeure conditions. While a possible peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine may ease sa... #EnergyIndependence #Gazprom #Hungary #RobertFico #RussianEnergyResources #RussianGas #Slovakia #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU promises better trade conditions for Ukraine after June 5 than they were before 2022. The Ukrainian government, along with the European Commission, are working to adopt new trade terms that will come into effect after June 5. Otherwise, the provisions of the Association Agreement will ... #DenysShmyhal #EUmarket #TradeRestriction #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has offered Trump a trade truce, but the White House demands financial “reparations” and $350B in energy purchases. On April 7, EU ministers agreed to prioritize negotiations over countermeasures in response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which impact 70% (€380B) of total European exports. European C... #DonaldTrump #DutyTariff #EuropeanCommission #ImportDuties #UrsulavonderLeyen
Southern European countries do not support the EC’s rearmament plan for Europe. Several European countries have resisted the European Commission’s initiative to boost defense spending through low-interest loans, fearing it would exacerbate their already significant debt burden. I... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUbudget #EUdefense #France #Italy #Spain #UrsulavonderLeyen
A new €150B EU security loan program presents significant opportunities for the Ukrainian defense industry. According to Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defense, this new EU loan program, part of the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) initiative, allows member states to utilize €150B in loans... #AndriusKubilius #DefenseIndustry #DefenseInvestments #SAFE #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsProduction
As Russia prepares to confront Europe, the Trump administration is considering relinquishing command of NATO military operations in Europe. Russia is boosting its defense investments and readying for conflict with Europe, said EC President Ursula von der Leyen. “And at a time when these threats are increasing, we see our long time p... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #MilitaryAid #NATO #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EC presents a White Paper for defense; Ukraine will receive two million rounds of ammunition per year. The European Commission and the EU High Representative have introduced the White Paper on European Defense – Readiness 2030. As part of the ReArm Europe plan, an ambitious defense package has al... #AmmunitionForUkraine #DefenseInvestments #EUdefense #KajaKallas #ReArmEurope #SAFE #UrsulavonderLeyen #WhitePaper
Paris will oppose any demilitarization of Ukraine, and the EC states its distrust of Putin. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, speaking at the Defense and Strategy Forum in Paris, stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine remain the country’s “main security guarantee,”... #RussianAggression #SébastienLecornu #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #UkraineArmyForces #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
Brussels seeks to determine the EU’s role in a peace agreement in collaboration with Kyiv. The US insists that Europe should offer security guarantees for Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen believes that the decision on what the EU can contribute in a future peace agreement for Ukraine will emerge through close collaboration with Ukraini... #NATO #PeaceAgreement #PeaceTalks #ScottBessent #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #UkraineArmyForces #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
The EC is considering granting Ukraine access to the European single market as part of a final peace agreement. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will propose granting Ukraine access to the European single market as part of a final peace agreement. Ukraine’s access to a market wit... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EUelectricityMarket #EUmarket #EUmarketForUkraine #PeaceAgreement #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has agreed to increase its defense budget: €800B will be allocated for European security and support for Ukraine. On March 6 in Brussels, European leaders committed to a significant boost in the bloc’s defense budget. EC President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a plan to finance the defense sector with €800B... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #EUsummit #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
ReArm Europe: Von der Leyen presents an €800B EU rearmament plan. The European Commission President announced: The first point of the plan is to expand the use of public defense funding at the national level. The EU will propose bypassing the EU’s Growth and S... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #EUdefense #ReArmEurope #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EC is set to unveil a plan to rearm Europe, while Germany prepares to spend on its military and infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has emphasized the importance of enhancing Europe’s defense capabilities. Following the European security summit in London, she asserted that E... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #DefenseSpending #FriedrichMerz #Germany #SummitLondon #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine, under certain conditions, will be able to become a member of the EU before 2030. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated: “If Ukraine maintains the current pace of reforms, it will join the EU even before 2030. So let’s work and keep up the pace.̶... #AntonioCosta #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine will receive €3.5B from the EU in March. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in Kyiv that Ukraine will receive a new €3.5B payment from the EU in March. She emphasized that not only is Ukraine’s fate at stake, ... #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudget2025 #UrsulavonderLeyen
The Trump administration may soon try to convene negotiations on Ukraine. According to The Telegraph, the next US presidential administration may try to convene negotiations on Ukraine in the near future. When exactly will depend on the willingness of Putin and President Ze... #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarEnding #Zelenskyy
Von der Leyen in the European Parliament: Supporting Ukraine is a strategic goal for the EU. Continuing and strengthening support for Ukraine while Putin makes every effort to break Ukrainian resistance is a strategic imperative for the EU, said EC President Ursula von der Leyen in the Europe... #Estonia #GreatBritain #Putin #SupportUkraine #UkraineBudgetDeficit #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
Ukrainians have started trusting Trump more, but overall trust in Western leaders is generally declining. The popularity of future White House President Donald Trump among Ukrainians has increased to 44.6%, according to the results of an Info Sapiens poll. For comparison, 16% trust Trump in France, 30% in... #AndrzejDuda #DonaldTrump #JustinTrudeau #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
The EU defense commissioner wants to increase EU defense spending by 900%. EU defense and space commissioner Andrius Kubilius wants the next seven-year EU budget to include around €100B for defense needs. The current seven-year EU budget, which exceeds €1T, only includes €10... #AndriusKubilius #DefenseSpending #EUbudget #EUdefense #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Parliament has approved a new EC team, which promises support for Ukraine. On November 27, the European Parliament approved the European Commission’s new composition, proposed by EC President Ursula von der Leyen. Twenty-six European commissioners were approved. Former... #AndriusKubilius #EuropeanCommission #KajaKallas #MartaKos #RaffaeleFitto #UrsulavonderLeyen
European leaders urge Trump to support Ukraine and avoid trade wars. At the European Political Community summit in Budapest, EU leaders urged Donald Trump to maintain support for Ukraine, avoid trade wars, and refrain from disrupting world order during his second US pr... #DonaldTrump #foreignTrade #GeopoliticalFragmentation #LucFrieden #MarkRutte #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukrainian authorities call on the EU to increase aid to Ukraine in the new 2028-2034 EU budget to €400B. The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, made this proposal at a meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “We expect to launch a financial instrument for... #DenysShmyhal #EUbudget #LoanForUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
During her visit to Kyiv, Von der Leyen announced a €35B loan from the EU, energy support, and discussed accession negotiations. The President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the allocation of a €35B loan to Ukraine on September 20. This loan is part of a $50B loan announced by the G7 countries and guaranteed by prof... #LoanForUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine #UkraineEUNegotiations #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU Defense Innovation Office opens in Kyiv; Umerov explains how Ukraine has become a defense tech center. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and EC President Ursula von der Leyen opened the EU Defense Innovation Office in Ukraine. The minister said that special attention will be paid to joint developments in ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInnovationOffice #DefenseTechnology #RustemUmerov #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will help Ukraine secure 4.5 GW of generation capacity and will provide an additional €160M to get through the winter. The EU will help Ukraine repair 2.5 GW of capacity this winter and export 2 GW of electricity to Ukraine. With these actions, the EU will cover more than 25% of Ukraine’s energy needs for the co... #EnergyRestore #HeatingSeason #SupportUkraine #UkraineEnergy #UrsulavonderLeyen
A separate European Commissioner will handle EU enlargement; Stefanishyna presents Ukraine’s negotiation plan for next year. In the renewed geostrategic conditions, EU enlargement has become a way to strengthen its international positions, so in the new composition of the EC, a separate European Commissioner will take care ... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ursula von der Leyen has retained her position as head of the EC, and she promises to create a European Defense Union and support Ukraine on its way to joining the EU. The European Parliament re-elected Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European Commission for another five years. While campaigning, she promised to do much more in the field of defense if she re... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanPeaceFund #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine signed a security agreement with the EU and two other European countries. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Presidents of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, signed Joint Security Commitments between ... #CharlesMichel #GitanasNauseda #KajaKallas #SecurityAgreement #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has started accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; Hungary is against it but will not block it. On June 25, 2024, the European Union officially started negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova to join the EU, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, adding: “The road ahead wil... #DmytroKuleba #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEUNegotiations #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
URC2024: The preliminary results from the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin. President Zelenskyy stated that, with the help of its partners, Ukraine will build up to one GW of gas-fired generator shunting capacity this year and another four GW in the coming years. The Chancell... #OlafScholz #PatriotSystems #SupportUkraine #UkraineFacility #URC2024 #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
European Parliament Elections: The European People’s Party is leading, and Ursula Von der Leyen seeks to create a majority with pro-Ukrainian forces. According to preliminary data, the European People’s Party (EPP) is leading the elections in the European Parliament. The same political force has a majority under the current composition of the... #EPelections #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanPeopleParty #UrsulavonderLeyen
The head of the EC admits that Putin wants to dominate the European continent, and the Russian war against Ukraine is also a war with the EU. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Europe understands the threat from Russia, which is trying to establish its control over the European continent by any means. ... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #Putin #RussianAggression #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
The EU has decided the fate of frozen Russian assets. The ambassadors of the EU agreed on what to do with the profits from the frozen assets of Russia, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU has announced. The money will be used to support Ukrai... #Euroclear #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #ValerieUrbain
EU support may fade against the backdrop of US aid to Ukraine. European diplomats believe renewed support from Washington risks weakening the EU’s urgency to provide aid, particularly in strengthening Ukraine’s air defense system. So far, only a few EU coun... #AirDefenseSystems #EUmilitaryAid #PatriotSystems #UrsulavonderLeyen #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Money, defense office and framework conditions: What Ukraine and the European Commission agreed on in Kyiv. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen met in Kyiv. They discussed issues of financing, Ukrainian exports, and cooperation in the defense... #DenysShmyhal #EUdefense #EuropeanIntegration #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU is very close to officially adopting the 13th package of sanctions. The ambassadors of the EU have agreed on the 13th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. It will be officially approved on February 24, the second anniversary of the Russian Federation&#... #AlexeyNavalnyy #DefenseIndustryRussia #RussianDrones #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU’s new strategy will provide two million artillery shells for Ukraine and a new defense innovation office in Kyiv. In a few weeks, the EU should present a plan for the defense industry, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said at the Munich Security Conference. The new strategy will focus on... #AmmunitionForUkraine #JohannesHahn #MilitaryAidforUkraine #MunichSecurityConference #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will help the EU develop a strategy for the European defense-industrial complex. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, reminded listeners that the EU countries have collectively transferred over €28B in military aid to Ukraine and helped train more than 4... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseProjects #EUdefense #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsProduction
The EBRD calls for continued financial support for Ukraine and will invest up to €15B. Ukraine needs financial and military support so that Kyiv does not return to printing money to keep its economy afloat, EBRD Chief Economist Beata Javorcik said. According to her, the economic situati... #BeataJavorcik #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The World Economic Forum has started in Davos: Zelenskyy plans to attend. More than a hundred heads of state and government gathered on January 15 in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting. On January 15, President Zelenskyy began a working vi... #Davos #Davos2024 #UrsulavonderLeyen #worldeconomicforum #Zelenskyy
Even without unanimous agreement, the EC is working on a solution to provide €50B to Ukraine. EC President Ursula von der Leyen once again called for the speedy approval of the €50B, four-year Ukraine Facility aid plan within the medium-term review of the EU budget. The head of the European Co... #EuropeanCommission #EUsupportforUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has postponed the allocation of €50B for Ukraine until January 2024. The European Commission has proposed giving Ukraine €50B in financial aid through 2027. On December 14, EU leaders discussed this initiative at a summit in Brussels. Hungary vetoed the decision on the... #HungaryVeto #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
What kind of aid did Ukraine’s allies allocate last week? USAID is increasing the total funding of a grant program to support the innovative transformation and development of Ukrainian enterprises to $11M. About 75 grants will now be provided within the prog... #ebrd #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsforUkraine #KfW #UrsulavonderLeyen #USAID #worldbank
The EU and NATO are mobilizing the defense industry to provide Ukraine with the means to defeat Russia. At the beginning of the war, the EU had to adapt its defense industry to wartime conditions. Europe will increase its military aid to Ukraine to 480,000 shells by the end of the year, and next year it... #DavidCameron #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #MilitaryAidforUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine has fulfilled almost all of the requirements for starting negotiations to join the EU. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made this statement and added that she is deeply impressed by how Kyiv implements deep structural reforms, considering the existential w... #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Commission has recommended starting negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, which was announced by the head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, during a press conference in Brussels on November 8. “Ukrainians are deeply reforming their country and preparing for accession, ... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EC names three EU goals for effective support of Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “While the war drags on, and while we continue to meet the daily needs of Ukrainians, we must focus on the way forward and support Ukrain... #SupportUkraine #UkraineEU #UkrainePeacePlan #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
In Kyiv, The President of the European Commission discussed EU expansion, support for Ukraine, and Russian sanctions. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Ukraine. After talks with him, von der Leyen noted that Ukraine has made significant progress on its way to E... #EUexpansion #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UkraineEU #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
Ukraine takes another step towards receiving €50B from the EU. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine is submitting the preliminary draft plan for the Ukraine Facility program to the European Commission. He noted that the Ukraine Facility, or Ukraine Plan... #DenysShmyhal #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineFacility #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU is considering supplying Ukrainian grain to Egypt due to the worsening situation in Gaza. The EU is considering the possibility of providing Ukrainian grain to Egypt within the framework of the agreement between Brussels and Cairo on migration restrictions and financial support in connecti... #agroexportukraine #CharlesMichel #Ukrainiangrain #UrsulavonderLeyen
