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We are here to admire your courage,
admire your fight,

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in which you are destroying the myth
of the invincible Russian army.

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We are here because
you are also fighting our fight.

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You're not only defending
your homeland,

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you're not only defending
the territory of Ukraine and Europe,

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you're also defending
fundamental European values.

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Freedom, democracy,
every person's right

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to choose their own life
and every country's right

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to be sovereign
and to choose its own path.

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We are doing everything
in our capacity

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to help you and the refugees
coming from Ukraine.

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We are totally aware
that the most important thing

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is to help Ukraine
with defensive and offensive weapons

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for them to be able to defend
the land, the sea and the sky.

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We are also here to deliver
the message of European unity,

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the unity inside the European Union,

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which is a complicated family
with 27 members.

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The unity in supporting your fight
and your sovereignty

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has been achieved
in a very short time,

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if we compare this situation
with some historic situations.

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We are also here
to tell you to be brave.

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Ukraine is a European country,
every path in Ukraine is European.

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We will do everything
in our power

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for these paths to also become
EU membership paths.

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We strongly support

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the candidate status for Ukraine
to be delivered as soon as possible.

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Not only as a concrete step
of support,

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but also as a message
to those who invaded Ukraine

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that you are a part of our family

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and that our family is prepared
to defend and support Ukraine.

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I think that currently

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it's no question that

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the country which is defending
the European values the most

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is Ukraine.

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And suddenly,
inside of the European Union,

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where we are speaking about
all kinds of fundamental values,

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we realized that such values
actually exist.

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There are Europeans
who are fighting for them,

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defending them
with their own lives in Ukraine.

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This is why the mood
inside the EU member countries

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has changed significantly.

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This is a key moment.

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Hundreds of thousands of people
are coming to European squares

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and streets to support you.

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You are not alone,
you are a part of the family.

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Stay brave. You will win.
Together we will prevail. Thank you.