The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, spoke this Thursday on the sidelines of the European Council meeting, where she highlighted some of the points, previously approved by Parliament, to be debated.
“We cannot write off our climate goals,” said Roberta Metsola. “We must ensure that new measures in the short term are not normalized in the medium term..”
The European leader also highlighted the need to “show determination in the face of war fatigue and fight Russian disinformation.”
is not the green deal that inflation is rising, nor are the sanctions of the European Union behind world hunger. This falls only on the Kremlin and the aggression initiated by Russia,” she added.
For Metsola, the European Union needs “maintain support for Ukraine and maintain pressure on the Kremlin through sanctions“, in a logic of not being the West the first to give in. The leader of the European Parliament also warned that the West should not underestimate inflation.
It would be a bad decision to divert attention from the price increase, as well as to see inflation as something temporary or that it will not get worse. In many countries the peak has not yet been reached. [da inflação]he explained. “We need a strong, concrete and unified approach that shows we are all together. There are no one-state solutions to the social and economic impact we are witnessing.”
The President of the European Parliament reacted on Twitter on Wednesday to the granting of Ukraine’s candidate status to the European Union, saying that Europe is “on the right side of history”.
“This day [quarta-feira] We transmit a message of peace. For freedom, for democracy, for our future, this is Europe’s moment”, he concluded.
On the right side of history.
Congratulations to the people of #Ukraine ????????? Y #Moldova ???????.
Today we gave hope.
For freedom, for democracy, for our future.
That is #Europemoment of
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) June 23, 2022
Source: Observadora
