Newly elected European Parliament supports irreversibility of Ukraine's membership in NATO – resolution
The newly elected European Parliament supported the decisions of the Washington NATO summit, including the irreversibility of Ukraine's membership in the alliance, as well as the provision of further military funding of $40 billion.
The corresponding resolution was adopted on Wednesday in Strasbourg as part of the first plenary session of the European Parliament, elected following the results of the pan-European elections that took place in EU member states from June 6 to June 9.
"The European Parliament recalls that Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is part of a broader set of objectives against the West, against our democracy and our values; welcomes the outcome of the NATO Summit and reiterates its belief that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to NATO membership," the document states.
"The European Parliament calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their military support to Ukraine for as long as necessary and in whatever form necessary; reiterates its previous position that all EU Member States and NATO allies should collectively and individually commit to supporting Ukraine militarily with no less than 0.25% of their GDP annually," the European Parliament confirmed its previous position, as well as welcomed NATO's decision to guarantee military supplies to Ukraine worth at least $40 billion in the near future.
In addition, the European Parliament spoke in favor of lifting restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine against military targets on Russian territory.
"The European Parliament calls on the Member States to further expand training operations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces such as EUMAM Ukraine, with a view to further increasing their operational capabilities; underlines that insufficient or delayed deliveries of weapons and ammunition risk offsetting the efforts made so far and therefore urges the Member States to substantially increase and significantly accelerate their military support and boost the capacity of their military industries," the document states.
