Brussels
Twenty-six times. This is the number of repetitions of the word 'Ukraine' in the programme of the new Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, which began on 1 July. Over the next six months, during which Madrid will set the tone on the main legislative files in the Council (which represents the Member States), Spain wants to continue, like its predecessors, actions in support of Ukraine in the military, humanitarian and financial fields.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who began his country's rotating presidency with a visit to Kiev on Saturday, has also made the opening of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations one of his top priorities for the coming months. "No one deserves candidate status more than Ukraine," the prime minister told Ukraine's parliament on Saturday. But the EU accession process is not easy, especially with a war going on."
Pedro Sanchez's precarious position
A very symbolic move, but...
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