Speeches

Madam President, Commissioner. At the moment, we need to strengthen our support for Ukraine. Both financially and militarily. If we prevent Ukraine from using weapons and ammunition, we increase the risk of further attacks on Ukrainian civilians. Ukraine is fighting our common enemy. And that is Vladimir Putin and his regime. To be clear. Nevertheless, its support is declining in some states, including mine, Slovakia. This is because Russia, too, is still conducting a wide variety of influence and hybrid operations in our country, which the European Commission needs to communicate even more intensively and strategically. But the reason is also that some politicians do not hide their sympathy for Russia. We heard it today. They are even sympathetic to Putin. But tens of thousands of Slovaks, for example, did not want to accept that their government refused to help a war-torn neighbor. And within a few days, they raised more than four million euros in ammunition for Ukraine. Let's follow this example. It is an example of solidarity and determination. And that's the biggest weapon. Ours. This is not the time for politics, ladies and gentlemen. It's time to act.