The Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU held a meeting with the United4Ukraine delegation

Members of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU together with colleagues from other Committees met with the delegation of the U4U initiative. United for Ukraine is an informal network that unites members of parliaments from different countries of the world to support Ukraine.

The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze thanked the members of U4U for their support and for visiting not only Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine. “We are grateful and appreciate that during this visit you are going not only to Kyiv, but also to the regions that were occupied and liberated, which are under shelling every day. I hope this will help to convince your states and societies of the need for further support to Ukraine”.

Ukrainian MPs emphasised the importance of creating a legislative framework for the future reconstruction of Ukraine. They noted the importance of the EU mechanism Ukraine facility, which provides financing of up to 50 billion euros over four years to support Ukraine. At the same time, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze emphasised that the reconstruction needs of Ukraine significantly exceed this amount. Therefore, it is important to have a vision of the financial support Ukraine could rely on.

She noted that Ukraine is now focused on completing the fulfilment of the seven conditions for candidate status. “We hope to receive a positive assessment from the European Commission, and later also from the European Council. And that Ukraine will be able to open the membership negotiations already this year.” The Chair of the Committee also expressed hope that during the presidency of Belgium in the European Union in the first half of the next year, Ukraine will remain the focus of the EU's attention. The parties agreed that it is necessary to intensify inter-parliamentary diplomacy to keep Ukraine high on the agenda.