On Wednesday 14 September in Strasbourg, during her annual State of the Union address, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, assured that “the European Union’s solidarity with Ukraine (would) remain unshakeable”.
Dressed, like many European Commissioners, in the colours of Ukraine, which are similar to those of Europe, Ms von der Leyen recalled that, to date, the EU, its Member States and its financial institutions had provided “more than €19 billion in...