Travelling to Kyiv the day after her State of the Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed the need to ensure that Ukraine develops its trade relations and increases its revenues through “deep integration into the EU internal market”.
With the electricity connection established in May between the EU and Ukraine, “Ukraine is supplying electricity to the EU”, noted Ms von der Leyen, a situation which brings in revenue.
She recalled that 98% of the...