Charlemagne Prize is the prelude to further integration in Europe

2023-05-14T15:27:31.565Z

Highlights: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described the awarding of the Charlemagne Prize to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his people as a prelude to further integration in Europe. In his laudatory speech on Sunday in Aachen, the SPD politician named not only Ukraine but also the countries of the Western Balkans, Moldova "and, in the future, Georgia" "Your desire for freedom and your resilience in dark times give hope," he said, according to the speech manuscript.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described the awarding of the Charlemagne Prize to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his people as a prelude to further integration in Europe. In his laudatory speech on Sunday in Aachen, the SPD politician named not only Ukraine but also the countries of the Western Balkans, Moldova "and, in the future, Georgia".

Aachen - "If Vladimir Putin believed that he could use force to dissuade the Ukrainian nation from its path to Europe, then he - with all his tanks, his drones and rocket launchers - has done nothing but the opposite," Scholz said, according to the speech manuscript. "Your desire for freedom and your resilience in dark times give hope and your desire for freedom and resilience in dark times give hope and inspiration far beyond Ukraine. At the head of the entire Ukrainian people, you are defending the values that Europe stands for." dpa

Source: merkur

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